President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that there was "light at the end of the tunnel" in Russia-U.S. relations and that the two countries were discussing joint projects in the Arctic and Alaska.

Russia's leader said he was "confident that the leadership qualities" of Trump are a "good guarantee" of future agreements between global superpowers.

President Trump on Friday said Russian President Vladimir Putin may attend the 2026 FIFA World Cup being co-hosted by the U.S., Canada and Mexico, showing off a photograph in the Oval Office of the two leaders together.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is slated to attend the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the U.S. and wants to be there "very badly," President Trump said on Friday. Why it matters: Trump and Putin are resetting a relationship that had been splintering over the past few years,

Geneva, Istanbul and Budapest have been put forward as potential locations - but bilateral talks still remain a long way off.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said there is no agenda for a potential summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy, accusing Zelenskiy of saying "no to everything".

Contrary to the expectations of US President Donald Trump, Moscow currently sees no basis for a direct meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. "Putin is ready to meet with Zelensky when the agenda is ready for a summit,