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Russian President Vladimir Putin is back in Moscow and offering additional comments on Friday's summit meeting in Alaska with President Trump.
NPR's Charles Maines has details.
In a televised meeting with top officials,
Putin said his visit to the U.S. had been timely and useful.
Putin said the talks allowed him to explain to Trump the true origins of the war in Ukraine,
adding that Russia was now closer to a peace deal.
Russian officials have widely praised the Kremlin leader's performance in Alaska,
where they claim Trump welcoming Putin in a red carpet ceremony has proved the West's political isolation of Moscow is over.
Moreover, Trump has since announced he's dropping a demand for an immediate ceasefire,
instead embracing a wider peace framework favored by Moscow.