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President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to meet in person on Friday for the first time in six years when they get together in Anchorage, Alaska.

Here is a history of Trump’s high-stakes interactions with Putin while being President of the United States:

2015 – Early mutual admiration between Putin and Trump

Mutual admiration was publicly brewing between Putin and Trump in late 2015 when Trump was running for his first term in office.

In December that year, Putin described Trump as being the "absolute leader in the presidential race" and a "very outstanding person, talented, without any doubt."

TRUMP TO HOLD HISTORIC SUMMIT WITH PUTIN IN ALASKA SEEKING AN END TO RUSSIA–UKRAINE WAR

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