Kerry Meets With Putin About Ukraine, Syria

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May 12, 2015

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (right) and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (left) hold talks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (center) in the Kremlin in Moscow, on May 7, 2013. Kerry sought to narrow differences over the conflict in Syria with Putin, urging the Russian strongman to find common ground to help end the bloodshed. (Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP/Getty Images)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin with an eye on easing badly strained relations over conflicts in Ukraine and Syria. Kerry laid a wreath at a World War II memorial in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, before holding talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. He'll also speak with Putin on the brief visit, his first to Russia since May 2013 and the advent of the Ukraine crisis. NPR's Corey Flintoff joins Here & Now's Meghna Chakrabarti with details.

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Corey Flintoff, NPR international correspondent based in Moscow. He tweets @CoreyFlintoff.

This segment aired on May 12, 2015.

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