
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump had a telephone conversation that lasted 1.5 hours and ended with the handsets hanging up at the same time, as reported by the Russian leader’s aide Yuri Ushakov.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump had a telephone conversation that lasted 1.5 hours.
According to Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov, Putin and Trump hung up at the same time.
MOSCOW, October 10 - RIA Novosti. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Donald Trump hung up at the same time at the end of their telephone conversation on Friday, said assistant to the Russian leader Yuri Ushakov.
The aide to the President of the Russian Federation noted that the leaders of Russia and the United States had a telephone conversation on Friday, which was friendly, intense and lasted 1.5 hours.

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