The Sticking Points of the Biden-Putin Summit

President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin need a great deal from one another.

The American commander in chief must call his counterpart to account for ongoing Russian aggression, including election interference, state-sponsored hacking into federal computers, disinformation campaigns and widespread meddling in the security affairs of European countries.

Despite his strongman persona, Putin remains vulnerable to economic contractions in Russia, compounded by widespread unrest amid Moscow's crackdown on pro-democracy dissenters – the Kremlin has been particularly prickly in recent days about Western concerns for dissident Alexei Navalny, who remains in a Russian jail on trumped up charges.

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