Putin praises Trump for 'doing everything' to improve US-Russia relations

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

81% : Source: The Guardian Vladimir Putin has praised Donald Trump for "doing everything" to improve relations between Moscow and Washington, after Trump said the US has had "very good and productive discussions" with Putin in recent days.
47% : The exchange of warm words between Trump and Putin is likely to cause further alarm in Kyiv and European capitals, already spooked by signs of the new US administration cosying up to Moscow while exerting pressure on Ukraine.
36% : "We know that the new administration headed by President Trump is doing everything to restore at least something of what was basically destroyed by the previous US administration," he said. Putin also responded to an appeal by Trump to save the lives of "thousands" of surrounded Ukrainian soldiers, and said he would heed it as long as the soldiers surrendered.

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