Updated June 16, 2021 at 3:46 PM ET
President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Geneva Wednesday. Here s what you need to know:
The closed-door meeting, which began at about 7:45 a.m. ET, lasted 3 hours, 21 minutes, shorter than the White House had projected.
They held separate news conferences with Putin going first.
Putin described the meeting as constructive.
Biden said he did what he came to do.
Biden says he confronted Putin on human rights
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President Biden holds a press conference after the U.S.-Russia summit in Geneva on Wednesday.
Biden bounded onto a stage flanked by large American flags to tell U.S. journalists about his meeting with Putin, taking off his aviator sunglasses as he reached the lectern.
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