Reports on Sunday said Trump had spoken to Putin last week and warned him about U.S. military presence in Europe to deter any escalation of the conflict in Ukraine.
Moscow has pushed back on reports that the president-elect spoke to Vladimir Putin, with spokesperson Dmitry Peskov describing the claim as "pure fiction." ...
The Kremlin on Monday denied reports that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump had spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin in recent days, and said Putin had no concrete plans yet to speak to Trump.