For generations, the US president and his Russian or Soviet counterpart have turned to diplomacy

Since the Second World War at the latest, the President of the United States and his Russian or Soviet counterpart have turned to direct diplomacy in an attempt to bridge the gap between the two countries. Talks between the US and Russia continued even in the most tense moments of the Cold War. On the eve of the first meeting between Presidents Biden and Putin, Ed O’Keefe looks back on some of the historic moments.