The meeting in Alaska, announced last week, will be the first between the two leaders since Trump started his second term in office.

US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin will meet at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage in Alaska. Source: CNN, citing White House sources Details: The sources stated that the US and Russian sides had concluded after lengthy behind-the-scenes discussions that the only location that "would meet the security requirements for the historic meeting" was the Elmendorf-Richardson military base on the northern outskirts of Anchorage.

Sentiment toward Russia in Alaska has cooled since Putin invaded Ukraine in 2022. The Anchorage Assembly voted unanimously to suspend its three-decade-long sister city relationship with Magadan, Russia, and the Juneau Assembly sent its sister city of Vladivostock a letter expressing concern.