Russian President Vladimir Putin waved off concerns that he was making U.S. President Donald Trump wait for a planned phone call on the Ukraine war as he was speaking to Russian oligarchs instead.
Financial Times Moscow Bureau Chief Max Seddon noted Tuesday morning that Putin was speaking to the group even though the call with Trump was due on his schedule.
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"Putin is meant to be speaking to Trump around now, but he is talking to a room full of oligarchs instead," Seddon wrote on X. "Asked if he's going to be late, Putin waves off the question and says not to listen to his spokesman."