Biden to press Putin on human rights at June meeting

US and Russian presidents will meet in Geneva on June 16 amid frosty relations between Washington and Moscow.

United States President Joe Biden has said he plans to press his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on human rights during a summit in Geneva next month. During a speech to mark the Memorial Day holiday on Sunday, Biden said he would make clear during the meeting that “we will not stand by and let him abuse those rights”. Biden and Putin, who have exchanged some harsh words and rebukes since the US president took office in January, will meet on June 16.