US president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin may meet Friday at the Vietnam economic conference.
The US Secretary of State reported that the two may speak informally but a significant meeting between them is not planned.
Putin told reporters that the charges which surfaced recently about Russian athletes using drugs are an American attempt to interfere with elections due to take place in Russia in 2018. He explained that the US has a dominant place in international sport since most of the sponsors and broadcasters are centered there and "due to claims of out interference in their elections, they are trying to make trouble during elections for the Russian president."