Russia - Travels of the President - Travels - Department
History
Russia
| Name |
Locale |
Remarks |
Date |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Yalta |
Attended Yalta Conference with Soviet Premier Stalin and British Prime Minister
Churchill. |
February 3–12, 1945 |
| Richard M. Nixon |
Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev |
State visit; met with Premier Kosygin and General Secretary Brezhnev. Signed SALT I
and ABM Treaties. |
May 22–30, 1972 |
| Richard M. Nixon |
Moscow, Minsk, Oreanda |
Official visit; met with General Secretary Brezhnev, President Podgorny, and
Premier Kosygin. |
June 27–July 3, 1974 |
| Gerald R. Ford |
Vladivostok |
Met with General Secretary Brezhnev and discussed limitations of strategic
arms. |
November 23–24, 1974 |
| Ronald Reagan |
Moscow |
Summit meeting with General Secretary Gorbachev. Exchanged ratifications of the INF
Treaty. |
May 29–June 2, 1988 |
| George H.W. Bush |
Moscow, Kiev |
Attended U.S.-Soviet Summit Meeting. Signed Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
Addressed the Ukrainian Parliament. |
July 29–August 1, 1991 |
| George H.W. Bush |
Moscow |
Signed START II Treaty. |
January 2–3, 1993 |
| William J. Clinton |
Moscow |
Met with President Yeltsin and senior Russian officials. Signed nuclear disarmament
agreement with Ukraine. |
January 12–15, 1994 |
| William J. Clinton |
Moscow |
Summit meeting. Attended VE Day ceremonies. |
May 9–11, 1995 |
| William J. Clinton |
St. Petersburg, Moscow |
Attended G-7 summit on nuclear safety and held a summit meeting with President
Yeltsin. |
April 18–21, 1996 |
| William J. Clinton |
Moscow |
Summit meeting with President Yeltsin. |
September 1–3, 1998 |
| William J. Clinton |
Moscow |
Summit meeting with President Putin; addressed the Duma. |
June 3–5, 2000 |
| George W. Bush |
Moscow, St. Petersburg |
Summit meeting with President Putin. Signed strategic arms reduction
treaty. |
May 23–26, 2002 |
| George W. Bush |
St. Petersburg |
Met with President Putin. |
November 22, 2002 |
| George W. Bush |
St. Petersburg |
Met with President Putin and attended ceremonies commemorating the city’s 300th
anniversary. |
May 31–June 1, 2003 |
| George W. Bush |
Moscow |
Met with President Putin and attended ceremonies commemorating VE Day. |
May 8–9, 2005 |
| George W. Bush |
St. Petersburg |
Attended the G-8 Economic Summit. Met with President Hu of China, July 16; and
President Lula of Brazil and Prime Minister Singh of India, July 17. |
July 14–17, 2006 |
| George W. Bush |
Moscow |
Met with President Putin. |
November 15, 2006 |
| George W. Bush |
Sochi |
Met with President Putin and President-elect Medvedev. |
April 5–6, 2008 |
| Barack Obama |
Moscow |
Met with President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin. |
July 6–8, 2009 |
| Barack Obama |
St. Petersburg |
Attended the G-20 Economic Summit. |
September 5–6, 2013 |
