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What Putin Wants From His G-20 Meeting With President Trump

When the two presidents meet Friday, the world will be looking for clues to the future of the fraught U.S.-Russian relationship. "Putin needs the meeting more than Trump," says one Russia expert.
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Commission for Military Technology Cooperation outside Moscow on Thursday, ahead of Friday's G-20 meeting in Hamburg. / Alexei Druzhinin / Getty Images

When Donald Trump meets Vladimir Putin on Friday, the whole world will be looking for clues as to where the fraught U.S.-Russian relationship goes next.

After months of speculation on the location and format of their first meeting, the two presidents will finally sit down together during a yearly gathering of Group of 20 leaders in Hamburg, Germany.

"The two presidents getting to know each other is probably the main part of this meeting," Kremlin spokesman , dampening

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