--- description: President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman seem to be enjoying each other's company at the G-20 title: Watch Vladimir Putin and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Embrace at the G-20 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb659b14978710f44/6989405622fb8526b5e27487/putin-bin-salman-g20-handshake.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [G20](/tag/g20/) ## G20 Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Vladimir Putin and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Embrace at the G-20  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Nov 30, 2018 4:34 PM CUT  Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attend the G20 Leaders' Summit in Buenos Aires, on November 30, 2018. Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attend the G20 Leaders' Summit in Buenos Aires, on November 30, 2018.Ludovic Marin—AFP/Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Nov 30, 2018 4:34 PM CUT Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have found themselves isolated in recent months as many Western countries take a hardline stance against their authoritarian tendencies. But the two seemed to be enjoying each other’s company Friday at the [G-20 summit in Buenos Aires](http://time.com/5467683/xi-jinping-donald-trump-trade-war-g20/ "undefined"). The two embraced with big smiles and a cross between a high five and handshake. In video of the event, President Trump, who has defied many in his own party to stick up for Putin and bin Salman, can be seen in the background, but Trump isn’t sharing in the love. He canceled a meeting with Putin in protest of Russian aggression toward Ukrainian ships, which was also ill-timed due to recent revelations from special counsel Robert Mueller that the Trump Organization [pursued a development project](http://time.com/5466878/trump-cohen-russia/ "undefined") in Russia through June of 2016. Trump has also kept bin Salman off his schedule following the [killing of Jamal Khashoggi](http://time.com/5440236/jamal-khashoggi-death-strangled/ "undefined") in the Saudi embassy in Istanbul. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5467935/putin-bin-salman-g20/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5467935/putin-bin-salman-g20/"},"headline":"Watch Vladimir Putin and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Embrace at the G-20","datePublished":"2018-11-30T16:34:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T22:10:15.146Z","description":"President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman seem to be enjoying each other's company at the G-20","url":"https://time.com/5467935/putin-bin-salman-g20/","keywords":["G20","russia","Vladimir Putin","Saudi Arabia","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb659b14978710f44/6989405622fb8526b5e27487/putin-bin-salman-g20-handshake.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb659b14978710f44/6989405622fb8526b5e27487/putin-bin-salman-g20-handshake.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"putin-bin-salman-g20-handshake","caption":"Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attend the G20 Leaders' Summit","creditText":"Ludovic Marin—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/g20/","name":"G20"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5467935/putin-bin-salman-g20/","name":"Watch Vladimir Putin and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Embrace at the G-20"}}]}] ```