Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Trump, pummeled Poroshenko, and poured cold water on oil market bulls' hopes in a statement following the G-20 meetings. Putin began by confirming what White House Press Secretary Sanders noted earlier - he and Trump had spoken broefly on the sidelines of the G-20 and discussed the Ukraine incident. Putin added that "Trump is not afraid of [him]" and expressed "pity that he could not have a full format meeting with President Trump" pointing out that "Russian needs to maintain dialog with US," and "hopes to meet [Trump] when US is ready." Putin also mentioned Russia's ... (full story)