Barack Obama: Putin

Putin: We ve kind of hit a wall, Obama said of the United States ties with Russia the day before he arrived in St. Petersburg for a global summit, according to 660 News. Parsing the body language between Obama and Putin has become something of a geopolitical parlour game every time the two leaders meet. But there wasnt much to work with this time: Their exchange lasted 15 seconds and ST. PETERSBURG, Russia President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin shook hands, smiled and made small talk about the scenery on Thursday a public exchange of pleasantries belying a tense relationship that only seems to be getting worse. With tensions mounting over issues including Syria, National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, and human rights, Obama and Putin did not plan to hold a formal bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 gathering. A formal greeting outside St. Petersburgs Constantine Palace was their only planned one-on-one public appearance. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.