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 |
