Putin says Trump meeting useful, deplores US sanctions
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A summit with US President Donald Trump was useful but US sanctions against Moscow are counter-productive and pointless, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.
Putin also said Europe needed the Moscow-led Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline project and that Russia was the most suitable supplier of energy for Europe.
He was speaking at a news conference after talks with Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto in the Black Sea city of Sochi.
