Today Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the controversial “anti-terrorist” legislation adopted by the lower and upper houses of parliament in late June, despite the flurry of criticism from opposition-minded circles and the serious concerns expressed by Russian telecom and internet companies.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Obama shake hands for the cameras before the start of a bilateral meeting at the United Nations headquarters in NY last September.
The Kremlin said that Obama and Putin agreed to intensify military coordination between their two militaries in Syria.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his USA counterpart Barack Obama in a telephone conversation on Wednesday confirmed readiness to step up coordination of Russian, US military actions in Syria, TASS reported.
Trump has said he’s open to trying to rebuild relations between the countries.
During the phone call, Obama stressed the importance of Russian Federation pressing the Syrian regime for a lasting halt to offensive attacks against civilians and parties to the cessation, noting the importance of fully recommitting to the original terms of the cessation.
A separate statement by the Kremlin said Putin, who initiated the talk, briefed Obama on the Saint Petersburg summit aimed at “stabilizing the situation in the conflict zone and creating conditions for advancing the peace process”.
Vladimir Putin has repeatedly accused Al-Nusra of operating under the label of “moderate” rebels, and he returned to the topic in the phone conversation.
Russian Federation has always been eager to expand its military cooperation with the United States, a goal that administration officials attribute to Putin’s desire for increased status on the world stage.
Putin thinks the “positive experience of the past would help to set the dialogue between Russian Federation and the United States back on a constructive track”.
Obama urged Putin “to take steps to end the significant uptick in fighting in eastern Ukraine” and stressed the need for full implementation of the Minsk agreements, the White House said. “Barack Obama praised Russia’s efforts”, the Kremlin added.
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In the message, Putin indicated that he wanted the U.S. and Russian Federation to resume a positive relationship, CNN reported.
