President-elect Donald Trump says that he is ready to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and that the meeting is being arranged, though he gave no timeline for when it might take place. “He wants to meet,

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov welcomed what he said was Donald Trump’s “readiness to solve problems through dialogue.” The last U.S.-Russian summit was in 2021.

Trump has an opportunity to emulate President Ronald Reagan who won the Cold War by breaking the Russian economy. The Russian economy is a house of straw, one hard push and it will fall down. The country is vulnerable to economic crises. New sanctions or a drop in oil and natural gas prices could trigger a recession.

The president-elect had said Russia’s leader wanted to meet him to discuss the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin said it welcomed such dialogue, but a meeting could occur only after Mr. Trump took office.

A senior Moscow official says the Kremlin welcomes U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s readiness to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin

Trump said a meeting between himself and Putin was being set up, however, Putin's spokesman said Moscow had received no requests to set up a meeting.

Donald Trump said talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin were in the works and while the president-elect provided no timeline, he stressed that his preference would be for after his Jan. 20 inauguration.

Kremlin acknowledges Trump's claims of a meeting with Putin, suggesting mutual interest in dialogue. They believe progress will commence after his inauguration.

President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that Russian leader Vladimir Putin wanted to meet and that a rendezvous between the pair was being arranged.