Follow the latest updates as President Joe Biden meets Russia's Vladimir Putin for the first time as leaders at Geneva's Villa La Grange.
Biden is expected to raise the issue of recent ransomware attacks and cyber security concernsFollow our live blog for updatesGetty ImagesPresident Joe Biden will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva on Wednesday in their first summit meeting since Biden entered the White House. It will be the president's first time confronting a leader widely regarded as a U.S. adversary.
The meeting takes place following G7 and NATO summits, with Biden describing the NATO meeting on Tuesday as an"incredibly productive day." However, the meeting with Putin will likely be a different experience as Biden is expected to raise the issue of recent ransomware attacks on the U.S. that have been linked to Russian hackers and the imprisonment of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, among other potentially contentious issues.
Both leaders have acknowledged that U.S.-Russia relations are at a historic low point. Biden has previously agreed that Putin is a"killer" but the Russian president
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