紧接着，紧接着是一场混乱的拍照和大约三个半小时的紧张会谈，美国总统微笑着，坚定地握手，形成了两人都想让世界看到的形象乔·拜登俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京周三在决斗新闻发布会上宣布了他们的峰会。

两人都称他们的会面是积极的，但尽管拜登说他提出了严重的关切并警告了后果，但他没有声称他让普京承诺改变他的行为，这位俄罗斯领导人也不接受对美国的网络攻击或其他任何事情负责。

拜登两个月前曾呼吁与普京会面，对俄罗斯入侵俄罗斯感到担忧乌克兰。

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俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京(左)和美国总统乔·拜登在会晤中握手

从那以后网络攻击问题包括对一家美国输油管道公司的勒索罢工，该罢工扰乱了美国的汽油供应——美国称这是由俄罗斯黑客实施的——已成为争论的焦点。

拜登说，他明确表示，“某些关键基础设施”是“禁止攻击的时期”，他说，他给了俄罗斯一份16个美国实体的名单，并告诉普京，如果攻击继续下去，美国准备回击。

“我向他指出，我们拥有强大的网络能力，他知道这一点，”他说。

总的来说，尽管普京获得了新的世界舞台上的存在与此同时，拜登面临着压力，要求他拿出所谓的“可交付成果”——他说他将如何对抗普京的具体结果——并实现他的目标，即恢复特朗普后超级大国关系的“稳定性”和“可预测性”，拜登和普京都认为这一关系已经达到“低点”。

在会议之前，在七国集团峰会上，拜登表示，世界民主国家“正在与独裁者竞争”，同时也称普京为“一个值得尊敬的对手”。

以下是一些关键要点:

1)从领导的肢体语言中能学到什么?

两人都可能会抓住他们看起来自信的照片，以展示两国之间紧张局势降温的形象。

美国广播公司(ABC News)首席全球事务记者玛莎·拉德达茨(Martha Raddatz)强调了她所说的“难以置信”的肢体语言，当时他们在瑞士别墅外握手，然后在里面坐下来拍照。俄罗斯政府很快公布了两人相视而笑的照片，似乎在平等地框定两位领导人。

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2021年6月16日，美国总统乔·拜登在格拉别墅会见俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京

“我想普京总统，你看到了普京总统和拜登总统的那些照片。拉德达茨说:“这基本上就是他想要的。“放松的普京总统坐回到他的椅子上，乔·拜登看起来也很放松。这一切都是这样排练的。”

虽然两人坐下来的照片很混乱——俄罗斯安全部门一度驱逐了美国媒体——但两位领导人似乎都很放松。拜登是第一个在室内伸出手握手的人，他双腿交叉坐着，双手放在膝盖上，有人看到他在几个地方微笑。普京像往常一样靠在椅子上，看上去很平静，但很放松。

“他们知道全世界都在看这些照片，尤其是弗拉基米尔·普京。他想登上世界舞台，”拉德达茨补充道。

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美国总统乔·拜登和俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京抵达莫斯科时握手

即使普京否认俄罗斯参与了最近的美国网络攻击，并拒绝对被监禁的反对派领导人阿列克谢·纳瓦尔尼(Alexey Navalny)做出任何让步，因为两国关系已经到了这样一个地步，任何进展的迹象都可能被描绘成胜利。

她说:“我认为，因为他们到目前为止已经降低了门槛，但这仍然是一个门槛，根据乔·拜登的说法，任何进展都将被视为胜利，很可能弗拉基米尔·普京也是如此。”。

2)每位领导人是如何描述峰会和彼此的?

普京是第一个在会谈后单独举行新闻发布会的人，他说双方都“没有敌意”，甚至特意奉承拜登，称他是“一个非常平衡、专业的人”。

“我们本着建设性的精神进行了会晤。事实上，我们已经就一些问题达成了评估，但双方都表示打算相互理解并寻求共同点。会谈相当有建设性，”普京说。

拜登还称这次峰会是“积极的”，并在他后来的新闻发布会上宣布它是成功的，他说，“我做了我来做的事情。”

当被问及他们是否能信任对方时，两位领导人都不愿开口。

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拜登说，“这与信任无关。”

“这是关于自我利益和自我利益的验证，”他说。“几乎任何人认为我会与他们达成一项影响美国人民利益的协议，我不会说，‘好吧，我相信你，没问题。让我们看看会发生什么。你知道，就像那句老话所说的，“布丁好不好，就看吃不好吃。”"

普京说，总统之间的“家庭式信任”是不可能的，但是，他说，有“它的闪光”。

3)他们的分歧在哪里?

拜登说，他向普京提出了一系列问题，包括人权、新闻自由和选举干预——普京后来避免讨论这些话题。

“底线是:我告诉普京总统，我们需要一些我们都能遵守的基本道路规则，”他说。

关于俄罗斯对乌克兰的持续军事侵略，普京驳斥了这个话题，称这不关美国的事。

“就像美国在他们的领土上进行演习一样，我们也在进行演习。我们没有把装备带到美国进行演习。遗憾的是，美国现在正在这样做，”普京说。

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至于普京强烈反对的乌克兰加入北约，他说“这里没什么可讨论的。”

然后，对被监禁的俄罗斯反对派领导人的高度紧张。

当美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)国会记者雷切尔·斯科特(Rachel Scott)就为什么普京的这么多对手最终都死了或进了监狱(像纳瓦尔尼一样)向他提出挑战时，普京提出了1月6日对国会大厦的袭击，称俄罗斯“同情”美国，不希望同样的事情发生在俄罗斯。他错误地暗示那些暴徒现在正因其政治信仰而受到迫害。

“这不是我害怕什么，”普京说。

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美俄首脑会晤后，俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京举行新闻发布会

“这个人知道他违反了俄罗斯的法律，”他还谈到“公民”，一再拒绝直呼其名。

普京还表示，两位领导人都没有邀请对方去华盛顿或莫斯科，他表示，要实现这一目标，条件必须合适。

4)他们在哪些方面达成一致——或者至少同意讨论?

两位领导人同意分别派大使回华盛顿和莫斯科，显然是为了缓和紧张局势，但具体细节尚未公布。

虽然拜登表示，他与普京的会晤没有直接威胁，但他也表示，他在会晤中明确表示，美国有“重大的网络能力”来回应，并告诉记者“这不是库姆巴亚时刻”，但他认为“他现在最不希望的是冷战”。

网络安全是美国政府议程上的重中之重。

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在拉格兰别墅举行的美俄峰会结束后，俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京挥手告别

普京表示，两国领导人同意就此问题进行“磋商”。

关于关押在俄罗斯的两名美国海军陆战队老兵特雷弗·里德和保罗·惠兰，普京表示，两国可能会找到妥协。

“我们讨论过了。在那里可能会找到某种妥协。俄罗斯外交部和美国国务院将朝着这个方向努力，”普京说。

拜登在新闻发布会开始时准备好的讲话中指出，白宫单独表示，这一囚犯交换可能会鼓励克里姆林宫不公平地针对更多的美国人，因为他们认为那里的这两个美国人是被针对和“错误”关押的。

5)那么，接下来呢?

虽然拜登没有带着一大堆“可交付成果”返回华盛顿，但他宣布此行取得了成功，称峰会总体上是“好的”和“积极的”。

在离开新闻发布会的路上，当被问及为什么他相信普京会改变他的行为时，拜登向一名记者伸出手指，问道:“什么鬼东西?...我什么时候说过我很自信?”

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美国总统乔·拜登在会后即将离开记者招待会时对记者说

柯林斯接着指出，拜登早些时候表示，要看美国和俄罗斯是否“进行重要的战略对话”，需要“六个月到一年的时间”。

“我说的是，我们直说吧。我说改变他们行为的是如果世界其他地方对他们做出反应，这会降低他们在世界上的地位。我对任何事情都没有信心。我只是陈述一个事实，”他说。

当她再次跟进时，拜登说，“如果你不明白这一点，你就错了。”

“我说过，改变他们行为的是世界其他地方对他们的反应，这会降低他们在世界上的地位。我对任何事情都没有信心。我只是在陈述一个事实，”拜登继续说道。

一到机场，他就道歉了，并最后一次在外国土地上旅行，“美国回来了。”

尽管白宫试图预先降低预期，但人们将继续高度关注峰会是否会取得具体成果。这次会议对两国领导人和他们的国家都至关重要，但它的历史重要性主要体现在照片上，至少目前是这样。

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Biden-Putin summit: Key takeaways from their high-stakes meeting

After tight smiles and a firm handshake that made for an image both men wanted the world to see, followed by a chaotic photo op and about three-and-a-half hours of tense talks, U.S. PresidentJoe Bidenand Russian President Vladimir Putin emerged to spin their summit at dueling news conferences Wednesday.

Both men called their meeting positive, but while Biden said he raised serious concerns and warned of consequences, he did not claim he got Putin to commit to changing his behavior and the Russian leader accepted no responsibility for cyberattacks on the U.S. or for anything else.

Biden had called for the meeting with Putin two months ago, alarmed about Russian aggression towardUkraine.

Since then, theissue of cyberattacks, including a ransomware strike on an American oil pipeline company that disrupted the nation's gasoline supply -- which the U.S. says was carried out by Russian hackers -- has become a key point of contention.

Biden said he made clear that "certain critical infrastructure" is off-limits to attack "period," saying he gave the Russians a list of 16 American entities and told Putin if the attacks continue, the U.S. was ready to hit back.

"I pointed out to him that we have significant cyber capability, and he knows it," he said.

Overall, while Putin gained a freshpresence on the world stage, Biden was under pressure to produce what's being called "deliverables" -- concrete results from how he said he would confront Putin -- and to meet his goal of restoring "stability" and "predictability" to the post-Trump superpower relationship, which both Biden and Putin agreed had reached a "low point."

Leading up to the meeting, at the G-7 summit, Biden said the world's democracies were "in a contest with autocrats" while also calling Putin "a worthy adversary."

Here are some key takeaways:

1) What can be learned from the leaders' body language?

Both men will likely seize on photos of them looking confident -- to project an image of cooling tensions between the two countries.

ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz highlighted what she called the "incredible" body language in both the handshake outside the Swiss villa then and inside as they sat down for a photo op. The Russian government was quick to release photos of the two men smiling at each other, appearing to frame the leaders as equals.

"I think President Putin, you saw those pictures of president Putin with President Biden. That's essentially what he wants right there," Raddatz said. "The relaxed President Putin sitting back in his chair, Joe Biden looking relaxed as well. All of this is so rehearsed."

While the photo op of the pair sitting down was chaotic -- with Russian security pushing out American press at one point -- both leaders appeared relaxed. Biden, who was the first to extend his hand for a handshake inside, sat with his legs crossed, hands in his lap and was seen smiling at several points. Putin leaned back in his chair, as he often does, and looked stoic, yet at ease.

"They know the world is looking at those pictures, especially Vladimir Putin. He wants to be on the world stage," Raddatz added.

Even with Putin denying Russian involvement in recent U.S. cyberattacks, and his refusal to give any ground on imprisoned opposition leader Alexey Navalny, because relations are at such a point, any signs of progress could be portrayed as a win.

"I think because they have lowered the bar so far, but it's still a bar, that any progress will be seen as a win according to Joe Biden and probably according to Vladimir Putin, too," she said.

2) How did each leader characterize the summit and each other?

Putin, the first to deliver a solo press conference following their talks, said there was "no hostility" on either side and even went out of his way to flatter Biden, calling him a "very balanced, professional man."

"Our meeting took place in a constructive spirit. Indeed, we have arrived at assessments on a number of issues, but both sides expressed their intention to understand each other and to seek common ground. Talks were quite constructive," Putin said.

Biden also called the summit "positive" and declared it a success at his later news conference, saying, "I did what I came to do."

Neither leader would bite when asked if they could trust the other.

Biden said, "it's not about trust."

"This is about self-interest and verification of self-interest," he said. "Almost anyone that I would work out an agreement with that affected the American people's interest, I don't say, 'Well, I trust you, no problem. Let's see what happens.' You know, as that old expression goes, 'the proof of the pudding is in the eating.'"

Putin said that between presidents "family-style trust" isn't possible -- but, said, there "were flashes of it."

3) Where did they disagree?

Biden said he raised a range of issues with Putin, including human rights, press freedoms and election interference -- topics Putin avoids discussing afterward.

"The bottom line is: I told President Putin that we need to have some basic rules of the road that we can all abide by," he said.

On the ongoing Russian military aggression toward Ukraine, Putin dismissed the topic, saying it's not the business of the U.S.

"Just like the United States carries out exercises on their territory, we are carrying out exercises. We didn't carry out exercises bringing our equipment to the United States. Regrettably the United States is doing that now," Putin said.

As far as Ukraine joining NATO, which Putin strongly opposes, he said it was "nothing to discuss here."

Then, there's the heavy tension over the imprisoned Russian opposition leader.

When ABC News Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott challenged Putin over why so many of his opponents end up dead or in jail -- like Navalny -- Putin deflected by bringing up the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, saying Russia "sympathizes" with the U.S. and that it doesn't want the same to happen in Russia. He falsely suggested those rioters are now being persecuted for their political beliefs.

"It's not about me fearing anything," Putin said.

"This man knew he was breaking the law of Russia," he also said of the "citizen," repeatedly refusing to call him by name.

Putin also said that neither leader invited the other to Washington or Moscow, saying conditions need to be right for that to happen.

4) What did they agree on -- or at least agree to discuss?

The leaders agreed to send their ambassadors back to Washington and Moscow, respectively, in an apparent effort to deescalate tension, though the particulars weren't announced.

While Biden said there were no direct threats in his meeting with Putin, he also said he was clear in the meeting that the U.S. has "significant cyber capabilities" to respond and telling reporters "this is not a Kumbaya moment" but also that he believes "the last thing he wants now is a Cold War."

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Cybersecurity was a top priority on the U.S. government's agenda.

Putin said the leaders agreed to "consultations" on the subject.

Regarding the two U.S. Marine veterans jailed in Russia, Trevor Reed and Paul Whelan, Putin said the countries might be possible to find a compromise.

"We discussed it. A certain compromise might be found there. Russia's foreign ministry and the U.S. State Department will work in that direction," Putin said.

The White House has separately said this prisoner swap could encourage the Kremlin to target more Americans unfairly like they believe these two Americans there were targeted and "wrongfully" held, Biden noted in prepared remarks at the start if his news conference.

5) So, what's next?

While Biden isn't going back to Washington with a ton of "deliverables," he is declaring the trip a success, calling the summit "good" and "positive" overall.

When asked on his way out of his news conference why he was confident Putin will change his behavior, Biden raised his finger at a reporter and asked, "What the hell?... When did I say I was confident?"

Collins followed up noting Biden said earlier it would take "six months to a year" to see if the U.S. and Russia "have a strategic dialogue that matters."

"What I said was, let's get it straight. I said what will change their behavior is if the rest of the world reacts to them, and it diminishes their standing in the world. I'm not confident of anything. I'm just stating a fact," he said.

When she followed up again, Biden said, "If you don't understand that, you're in the wrong business."

"I said what will change their behavior is if the rest of the world reacts to them and it diminishes their standing in the world. I'm not confident of anything. I'm just stating a fact," Biden continued.

Once he got to the airport, he apologized, and offered for a final time this trip on foreign soil, "America's back."

Even as the White House tried to play down expectations beforehand, intense focus will continue on whether there will concrete results out of the summit. The meeting was key to both leaders and their countries -- but its historic importance is mostly told in the images -- at least for now.