SUMMIT NOTEBOOK: Biden nods, but what did he really mean?

U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and Russia's President Vladimir Putin, right, pose for the media at Villa La Grange for the U.S.-Russia summit in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. Apparently not much, according to the White House.appeared to suggest that he can take Putin at his word. A reporter had shouted over colleagues to ask Biden whether Putin could be trusted.

Russian and U.S. security officials initially blocked journalists as they tried to enter the small, library-like room where the leaders sat. Some reporters were heard screaming “stop pushing” and “don't touch me.” Others described being crushed in the melee.Izet Heta had to walk a meandering route to get to his job as a concierge for a multinational in Geneva, and to a later COVID-19 vaccination appointment, because of summit security.The Kosovo native, now a Swiss citizen, said he hoped Biden and Putin hadn't “come for nothing. They should get something done, anyway.

The leaders brought separate contingents of hundreds to town for the summit amid a political chill between the U.S. and Russia. Some 2,000 Swiss police and troops provided security.The Swiss government will reimburse scores of businesses in Geneva that were forced to close because of security measures surrounding the U.S.-Russia summit.

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