Can Russia and the US be friends?

Vladimir Putin meets with officials from Washington in bid to restore good relations

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Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, in July 2017
(Image credit: Saul Loeb/Getty Images)

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo both expressed hopes that their two nations could forge stronger ties during talks in Sochi this week.

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