Kremlin Claims Trump Was ‘Fed Harmful Ideas’ at G7, Says No US-Russia Contacts Since France Summit (opens in new tab)

Russia and the United States have had no contacts since the conclusion of the G7 summit in France, according to Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov, who suggested that Western leaders sought to influence US President Donald Trump’s views on the Ukraine conflict during the gathering. Speaking to Russian state television on Thursday, Ushakov said discussions at the June 15-17 G7 summit in France focused heavily on Ukraine and claimed that European leaders presented Trump with what he described as “unhelp...