Joe Biden-Vladimir Putin summit: US president says ‘genuine prospect to significantly improve relations’ with Russia after talks |

US President Joe Biden says he thinks there is a “genuine prospect to significantly improve relations” with Russia following a summit with Vladimir Putin.

The two leaders talked face to face for around four hours in Switzerland – shorter than Mr Biden’s advisers had said they expected – but he later admitted the pair did not need to spend more time talking.

Speaking at a solo news conference, Mr Biden said he told President Putin he will always raise issues of “fundamental human rights”, including jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny,…