Obama has busy schedule in Moscow on Tuesday, beginning with breakfast with Russian PM Putin
By APTuesday, July 7, 2009
Obama has busy schedule in Moscow on Tuesday
MOSCOW — President Barack Obama’s busy Tuesday in Russia includes a session with the man some say is the still the real power in Moscow.
Obama and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will have a working breakfast at Putin’s dacha. Obama has been critical of the former Russian president, suggesting he still has a foot in the Cold War.
Later, Obama will meet with former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
Obama also delivers the commencement address at the New Economic School before meeting President Dmitry Medvedev (dih-MEE’-tree med-VYEH’-dyev) at the Kremlin.
The U.S. president also has meetings scheduled with other people from across the spectrum of Russian society, including business leaders and Medvedev’s political opponents.
