Alaska summit

Trump heads to 'high stakes' Alaska summit with Putin on Ukraine

Donald Trump travelled to Alaska on Friday for what he described as a “high-stakes” summit with Russian president Vladimir Putin, aimed at securing a ceasefire in Ukraine and ending the deadliest conflict in Europe since the Second World War.

Russian foreign minister wears USSR jumper as he arrives at Trump-Putin summit in Alaska

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Alaska summit

Russian foreign minister wears USSR jumper as he arrives at Trump-Putin summit in Alaska

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov drew attention in Anchorage on Friday when he arrived for a high-profile summit between US president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin wearing a vintage sweatshirt bearing the Soviet-era “CCCP” emblem.

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