Putin warns of attempts to sabotage talks with U.S. | 27 Feb 2025 | Some Western elites are "not happy" about the potential rapprochement between Moscow and Washington and will seek to "compromise" the recently resumed dialogue between the two powers, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. Under U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, Russia and the U.S. have started to gradually restore contacts that were virtually non-existent for approximately three years under his predecessor, Joe Biden. Speaking at the meeting of the board of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officials on Thursday, Putin said that the contacts with the Trump administration "inspire hope." ..."We realize that not everyone is happy to see Russia-U.S. contacts resume. A portion of Western elites are still committed to maintaining instability in the world, and these forces will try to disrupt or to compromise the newly resumed dialogue," he said. "We need to keep this in mind and leverage every possibility offered by diplomacy and special services to thwart such attempts," he told the gathered FSB officials.