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The presidents of Russia and United States of America, Vladimir Putin and Joseph Biden, will hold their first bilateral meeting today at Villa La Grange in Geneva. The agenda of the Russian-American summit includes issues related to cooperation between the two countries.
The American president arrived in Geneva yesterday, while the Russian president will arrive today. The White House announced today that the meeting of the two leaders at Villa La Grange starts at 13:35 Central European Time.
It is pointed out that the negotiations in the expanded composition will start at 2:55 p.m. without media access. After that, from 16:40, the meeting will take place in an expanded composition.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said yesterday that the summit is expected to last about five hours.
As the adviser to the Russian president, Yuri Ushakov, explained, Putin will be welcomed by the president of Switzerland in the villa La Grange, and then the U.S. president will come to the villa.

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The traditional joint photo shoot will follow, after which the President of Switzerland will greet the summit participants. After that, the presidents of Russia and the United States will move to the library on the ground floor and the summit will begin.
A joint Putin and Biden press conference is not scheduled. The presidents will address the media individually.

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Preparations for the summit in Geneva started from the moment when the agreement was reached for this city to host the two leaders. Strong security measures are in force in the city, especially around the villa where the summit is being held.
As of Monday, 900 police officers have been deployed...