Biden and Putin meet

• President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin engaged in roughly three hours of talks in Geneva today at a low moment in post-Cold War US-Russia relations, with Biden casting the stakes as a battle between democracy and autocracy. [NYT]
• Biden’s goal for the summit is to achieve “predictability and stability” moving forward with Russian relations. Both sides also want to lower expectations for the relationship, saying holding a meeting was promising and that no major breakthroughs were anticipated. [AP / Jonathan Lemire, Vladimir Isachenkov, and Aamer Madhani]
• Biden also said he wanted to make clear to Putin where his “red lines” were of things he would not tolerate, potentially setting himself up for a need to retaliate if Putin were to cross one. [Vox / Alex Ward]
• Putin, who gave the first post-summit press conference, said he and Biden discussed beginning consultations on cybersecurity and agreed to return ambassadors, calling the meeting overall “productive.” [CNN]
• In his press conference, Biden called the meeting “positive”; he mentioned the red lines he had communicated to Putin, raised human rights concerns he had about the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and provided Putin with a list of off-limits entities for cyberattacks. [Axios / Jacob Knutson]