Vladimir Putin appears increasingly isolated and inscrutable, but the Russian president wasn't always this way according to expert Dr Sam Greene https://cnn.it/3CC9nOh | CNN

Following his meeting with US President Joe Biden today at a historic summit in Geneva, Switzerland, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the talks were “constructive” on the whole. “I don’t think there was any kind of hostility,” Putin said in response to a question from CNN’s Matthew Chance. | CNN International

On the eve of US-Russia talks over the war in Ukraine beginning in Saudi Arabia, Russia's head of its sovereign wealth fund and close Putin adviser, Kirill Dmitriev, spoke to CNN's Matthew Chance about what he expects from the upcoming peace talks. Read more: https://cnn.it/3X5KMN8 | CNN