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U.S.-Russia Summits, From Gravely Serious To Absurdly Comical

U.S.-Russia summits have ignited, and defused, global crises. There was also the time the U.S. Secret Service found Boris Yeltsin in his underwear and slurring his words, desperate for a pizza.
President John F. Kennedy and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev meet in Vienna in 1961. Khrushchev viewed the much younger Kennedy as someone he could bully. Afterward, Kennedy said privately, "I've got a terrible problem if he thinks I'm inexperienced and have no guts."

Summits between U.S. presidents and Kremlin leaders are often filled with great drama and moments that shape history.

And then there's Boris Yeltsin's 1994 visit to Washington.

The Russian president was staying at Blair House, the guest quarters across the street from the White House. As his host, President Bill Clinton, revealed years later, Yeltsin felt the urge to slip out late one night. He was on his way when U.S. Secret Service agents found the Russian leader in his underwear, slurring his

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