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First formal summit between donald trump and vladimir putin

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After declaring Monday’s summit with Donald Trump an overwhelming success, there is growing alarm in Moscow that the backlash in the US may, in fact, cause relations to deteriorate further.

The US response to President Trump’s performance in Helsinki seems to have come as a surprise to Russia’s leaders. Immediately following the talks, Russia’s usually lugubrious Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called the outcome “better than super.” In the US, the headlines struck a different tone – shouting “treason”, “shame” and “tragic mistakes.”