February 3-12, 1945
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Yalta
Attended Yalta Conference with Soviet Premier Stalin and British Prime Minister Churchill.
May 22-30, 1972
Richard M. Nixon
Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev
State visit; met with Premier Kosygin and General Secretary Brezhnev. Signed SALT I and ABM Treaties.
June 27-July 3, 1974
Richard M. Nixon
Moscow, Minsk, Oreanda
Official visit; met with General Secretary Brezhnev, President Podgorny, and Premier Kosygin.
November 23-24, 1974
Gerald R. Ford
Vladivostok
Met with General Socretary Brezhnev and discussed limitations of strategic arms.
May 29-June 2, 1988
Ronald Reagan
Moscow
Attended Summit Meeting with General Secretary Gorbachev. Ex-changed ratifications of INF Treaty.
July 29-August 1, 1991
George Bush
Moscow, Kiev
Attended U.S.-Soviet Summit Meeting. Signed Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. Addressed the Ukrainian Parliament.
January 2-3, 1993
George Bush
Moscow
Signed START II Treaty.
January 12-15, 1994
William J. Clinton
Moscow
Met with President Yeltsin and senior Russian officials. Signed nuclear disarmament agreement with Ukraine.
May 9-11, 1995
William J. Clinton
Moscow
Summit meeting. Attended VE Day ceremonies.
April 18-21, 1996
William J. Clinton
St. Petersburg, Moscow
Attended G-7 summit on nuclear safety and held a summit meeting with President Yeltsin.
September 1-3, 1998
William J. Clinton
Moscow
Summit meeting with President Yeltsin.
June 3-5, 2000
William J. Clinton
Moscow
Summit meeting with President Putin; addressed the Duma.
May 23-26, 2002
George W. Bush
Moscow, St. Petersburg
Summit meeting with President Putin; signed Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
November 22, 2002
George W. Bush
St. Petersburg
Met with President Putin.
May 31-June 1, 2003
George W. Bush
St. Petersburg
Met with President Putin and attended ceremonies commemorating the city's 300th anniversary.
July 14-17, 2006
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.
November 15, 2006
George W. Bush
Moscow
Met with President Putin.
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