(EDM) Following the long-expected July 7 meeting between United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, the main tangible result was the ceasefire in the southwestern corner of Syria. But this “deliverable” is of little if any interest to the Russian public, particularly as Russian casualties in that conflict continue to mount (RBC, July 11). Putin has been generous with his somewhat dubious compliments of Trump, describing him as a man who surprised him with a readiness to listen and to respond frankly (Kommersant, July 15). The Russian mainstream media resolutely ignores all new turns in the US investigations into Moscow’s interference in last year’s presidential election. Instead, Russian outlets stick to the official position of blunt denials, which Putin reconfirmed in Hamburg. The main story is actually the deadlock regarding the issue of access to diplomatic dachas in Washington, DC, and New York, which were declared off-limits for Russia by the Barack Obama administration last December (Rossiiskaya Gazeta, July 14). […]
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