Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden could meet "in June"

According to a Kremlin adviser, concrete dates for a meeting between Putin and Biden are under consideration, and it would be for the month of June.

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Russian President Vladimir Poutine and his American counterpart Joe Biden could meet "in June", said Sunday a Kremlin adviser, Yuri Ushakov, assuring that "concrete dates" are under consideration. 

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There are concrete dates (...), I will not quote them, but it is June

", declared Yuri Ushakov, in an interview on the public television channel Rossiya 1.

After the cross-expulsions of diplomats, the high tension in Ukraine, the differences over the fate of the opponent Navalny, the return of the American ambassador to Russia John Sullivan to the United States, relations between Moscow and Western countries, and more precisely Washington, seem to enter a less harsh phase. 

A " 

yes, no doubt

 " after showing an imprecise interest, this is how Moscow is responding to the American offer from now on.

10 days ago during a telephone exchange, Joe Biden had offered Vladimir Putin a meeting.

This time, it is an adviser of the Kremlin who says it: concrete dates are being studied, and it would be for the month of June.

G7 and NATO summit, meeting with European leaders, the first trip abroad of the new President of the United States is growing. 

After the United Kingdom and Belgium, Joe Biden could go to Finland or Austria, these two countries have applied to host the Russian-American summit meeting.

A meeting to stabilize relations between the two powers.

The first sign towards a breakthrough is this announcement from Moscow: the departure of Russian soldiers massed at the

Ukrainian border

, 100,000 according to the European Union, who would complete their withdrawal on May 1st.

A return that still needs to be verified in the field.

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