"It matters": the meeting between Putin and Trump is in its third hour

Right now, at 17.25 eastern time — Donald Trump, Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff is still holding a closed-door meeting with President Vladimir Putin and the Russian delegation at the joint base Elemendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, US Presidential aide Dan Scavino reports.

The meeting is already in its third hour. From this, the Western media conclude that the meeting between Putin and Trump is going well.

"Negotiations have been going on for more than an hour and a half, and this may make a difference. Earlier this week, Trump told reporters that in a few minutes he would find out if Putin was really interested in achieving peace. He also said that he would "leave" if everything goes wrong," writes Sky News.

The American TV channel CNN also points out the importance of the fact that the meeting continues.

Kommersant, for its part, tells about the details of the meeting. The special correspondent of the publication, Andrei Kolesnikov, notes that Trump, after arriving in Anchorage, waited for Putin on the plane for half an hour.

"Meanwhile, I was staring intently at the closed door of the American plane. It was still closed. And how could it be open? Couldn't Mr. Trump get off the plane and wait for Vladimir Putin to arrive? Wait like everyone else? Wait, as always. But he was waiting. He had been waiting on the plane for about half an hour. The plane of the Russian president emerged from behind the backs of journalists from an unexpected side. Two more pairs of fighter jets swept over him. They accompanied the Russian air force number one. It didn't feel like a forced landing. It was like a badge of honor. Then both doors did not open for another quarter of an hour," Kolesnikov writes.