Live updates: Biden meets with Putin in Geneva amid post-Cold War low in U.S.-Russia relations

President Biden and Russia’s Vladimir Putin are meeting Wednesday at a historic lakeside villa in Geneva, as relations between their countries are at their lowest point in 30 years.Both the White House and the Kremlin have attempted to temper expectations and said not to expect any breakthroughs from the meeting. The leaders stood facing the media for several moments, before Biden and Putin — both smiling — reentered the mansion.Putin’s reputation for late arrivals goes back years, showing up 50 minutes late to meet Pope Francis in 2013, three hours late for a meeting with then-Secretary of State John Kerry that same year, 40 minutes late for a meeting with German Chancellor Angela in 2012 and two hours late to meet the parents of children killed in an air crash in 2002.Biden arrived at the Villa La Grange, a historic lakeside villa in Geneva, about 15 minutes after Putin for the start of their highly anticipated summit.Both were greeted by Swiss President Guy Parmelin upon arrival following trips by their respective motorcades through the streets of Geneva.Putin ducked out of his limousine and entered the historic mansion on the property without fanfare after greeting Parmelin with a handshake.Biden paused for an extended handshake with Parmelin after getting out of his limousine.Both returned to the front door of the mansion with Parmelin a few minutes later, standing on either side of him.Parmelin welcomed both leaders to Geneva, calling it “the city of peace.”“I wish you both presidents a fruitful dialogue in the interests of your two countries and the world,” Parmelin said.Biden and Putin then shook hands and ignored shouted questions from reporters before heading inside.MOSCOW — Putin’s plane touched down in Geneva about 30 minutes before the scheduled start of his summit with President Biden on Wednesday.That could make the meeting with Biden a rare exception to Putin’s infamous habit of keeping world leaders waiting — sometimes for hours.At his last meeting with a U.S. president, in 2018 with Donald Trump in Helsinki, Putin was 45 minutes tardy. Rather than show up on time, Putin “went to greet a group of Russian bikers known as the ‘Night Wolves’ whose events he has attended in the past,” Agence France-Presse reported.Viktor Baloga, Ukraine’s emergency situations minister at the time, wrote on Facebook that Putin “exceeded the limits of lateness.”U.S. officials expect Biden’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva to last at least four to five hours Wednesday and touch on an array of topics, including nuclear arms, cyberattacks and human rights.The logistics were previewed for reporters flying with Biden on Air Force One on Tuesday from Brussels to Geneva by a senior administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss plans that had not yet been publicly announced.Putin is expected to arrive at the meeting first, followed by Biden, and then they will both meet with Swiss President Guy Parmelin, the official said.A small meeting — attended by the two presidents, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and interpreters — is expected to follow. No bread will be broken, but presumably there will, at least, be water.MOSCOW — Though officials have said to expect four to five hours of talks between Biden and Putin in Geneva, that might not be enough time to cover the extensive agenda for the summit, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state television Wednesday.They will talk for as long as they deem necessary, he added.“No one is setting any time limits on the presidents,” Peskov said.