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Face to face: Biden, Putin meet for long-anticipated summit in Geneva

The two leaders shook hands while appearing briefly before cameras

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden shake hands during their meeting at Villa la Grange in Geneva, Switzerland (Photo: Reuters)

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US President Joe Biden and Russia's Vladimir Putin have arrived on Wednesday at the lush lakeside Swiss mansion for their highly anticipated summit, a moment of consequential diplomacy at a time when both leaders agree that relations between their countries are at an all-time low.

The two leaders shook hands while appearing briefly before cameras with Swiss President Guy Parmelin, who welcomed them to Switzerland, and then entered the mansion for what is expected to be four or five hours of talks.

For months, they have traded sharp rhetoric. Biden has repeatedly called out Putin for malicious cyberattacks by Russian-based hackers on

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