--- title: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin Will Talk on the Phone Saturday description: President Trump will be congratulated on his victory by Russian President Vladmir Putin canonical: https://time.com/4651507/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-russia-phone-call/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-27T12:46:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T02:59:16.875Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump and Putin Are Going to Talk on the Phone This Weekend og:description: The Russian President will congratulate Trump on taking office og:url: https://time.com/4651507/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-russia-phone-call/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e901ea5d9cd5bb3/6988b7897cdbac26e4d56f0a/trump-putin-call-president.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Russian President Vladimir Putin og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump and Putin Are Going to Talk on the Phone This Weekend twitter:description: The Russian President will congratulate Trump on taking office twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e901ea5d9cd5bb3/6988b7897cdbac26e4d56f0a/trump-putin-call-president.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump and Russia's Putin Are Going to Talk on the Phone This Weekend by [Denis Pinchuk/Reuters](https://time.com/author/reuters/) ## Denis Pinchuk/Reuters Jan 27, 2017 12:46 PM UTC  Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an award ceremony at St. Catherine Hall of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 26, 2017. Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an award ceremony at St. Catherine Hall of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 26, 2017.Mikhail Svetlov—Getty Images by [Denis Pinchuk/Reuters](https://time.com/author/reuters/) ## Denis Pinchuk/Reuters Jan 27, 2017 12:46 PM UTC (MOSCOW) – Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to use a telephone call with U.S. President Donald Trump scheduled for Saturday to congratulate him on taking office and to exchange views on the current state of bilateral ties, the Kremlin said. Asked if they would discuss Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, speaking to reporters on a conference call, said it was unlikely they would have substantive discussions on the entire range of issues facing their countries, as it was their first contact since Trump’s inauguration. Asked about media reports that Trump was preparing to lift or soften sanctions imposed on Russia over the conflict in Ukraine, Peskov said: “I know nothing about that.” Peskov said the call would take place on Saturday evening Moscow time. 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