President Trump hoped for “very positive” openings with Moscow as he held more than two hours of direct dialogue Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the man believed to have ordered a campaign to influence the U.S. presidential election, reports The Washington Post. It was Trump’s first face-to-face talk with the Russian leader.

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