Kremlin says it has yet to hear from US about setting up a possible Putin-Trump meeting

The Kremlin said on Monday it had yet to receive any signals from the United States about arranging a possible meeting between President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump, but remained ready to organise such an encounter.

"So far, we have not received any signals from the Americans", Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call.

"(Russia's) readiness (for a meeting) remains, and the same readiness, as far as we have heard, remains on the American side. Apparently, a certain amount of time is required (to set something up)," he said.

Leak: Kremlin concerned by President Trump’s skyrocketing popularity in Russia.

“Authorities ordered the reduction of discussions of Trump’s anti-migrant initiative in the Russian media, to focus instead exclusively on the growth of domestic conflicts in the United States due to the initiative.

Kremlin is concerned about the abnormal growth of Trump’s popularity among the Russian population. Surveys show that more than 70% of the Russian population considers Trump to be a defender of the interests of his citizens. The most enthusiastic support was caused by Trump’s new policy of “zero tolerance” for crime committed by immigrants and closing entry to unskilled foreigners.

In this part, the policy of the Russian Federation now differs strikingly from the United States - national diasporas and religious groups of non-Christians in the Russian Federation still have enormous support from the authorities, their crimes are carefully hushed up, representatives of their oligarchy are not subjected to nationalization of private property, their “cultural traditions” are protected to the detriment of native Russians, so as not to cause domestic conflicts. A significant share of capital withdrawal abroad also falls on unskilled migrants from neighboring countries, which weakens the ruble, stimulates inflation and forces absolutely every Russian to bear the burden of supporting these migrants.”

@IgorSushko

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