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Kremlin says Trump, Putin and Xi may meet at APEC summit in Shenzhen

Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the idea was raised during a September 8 call between Putin and Trump and that Ukraine talks could soon resume.

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What this story says

  • Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the idea of a Trump‑Putin‑Xi summit was raised during a phone call on 8 September.
  • The summit could be held at the APEC meeting in Shenzhen on 18‑19 November 2026.
  • Peskov added that trilateral talks on Ukraine may resume soon, but no outlet confirmed Trump will attend.
  • Right‑leaning digests omitted the Kremlin’s comment on Ukraine negotiations.

Who covered it

Left 33%(3)Centre 11%(1)Right 56%(5)

Percentages are shares of the 9 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 7 of the 16 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

86/100

Craft

77/100

Hype

15/100

16 sources · methodology

On 9 September the Kremlin announced that a possible trilateral summit involving the United States, Russia and China could be arranged for the Asia‑Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Shenzhen, China, scheduled for 18‑19 November 2026. The announcement cited a phone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump on 8 September, during which the leaders discussed the idea of such a meeting.

Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the summit would be an opportunity to resume trilateral negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine, adding that Moscow expects talks to restart in the foreseeable future. He also noted that Kyiv’s worsening economic situation has made the Ukrainian side more flexible, a point reported only by one outlet.

“"During their phone call, Putin and Trump discussed the possibility of organizing a Russia‑China‑US trilateral summit on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Shenzhen,"”

— Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesman

Coverage blindspot and omissions

No centre‑rated outlet ran the story, leaving a blindspot in the middle of the political spectrum. Additionally, none of the right‑rated digests mention the Kremlin’s comment that trilateral talks on Ukraine could resume in the foreseeable future.

Tags:#China#APEC#Trump#Putin#Xi#UkraineTalks

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 3 times, most recently on 10 Sept 2026, 02:30, and will add the sides that appear.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump at the end of a joint press conference after participating in a U.S.-Russia summit on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, Aug. 15, 2025. AFP-Yonhap
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How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

3 rated outlets

  • Left‑rated outlets reported that the summit could take place at the APEC meeting in Shenzhen and that the idea was raised during the September 8 call. They highlighted Peskov’s statement that the possibility of a trilateral summit “exists at the APEC meeting in Shenzhen.” The Kyiv Post full report quoted Peskov saying, “During their phone call, Putin and Trump discussed the possibility of organizing a Russia‑China‑US trilateral summit on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Shenzhen.”
  • These outlets also noted Peskov’s comment that trilateral negotiations on Ukraine could resume soon and that the Kremlin sees Kyiv’s economic strain as increasing its flexibility.

Centre

1 rated outlet

  • The centre outlets that ran a story reported that Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said a possible trilateral meeting involving Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping could take place on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Shenzhen in November. All noted the summit dates of 18‑19 November.
  • Shafaq News’ full article quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who said the proposal had been discussed earlier, that Moscow hoped the APEC summit would enable trilateral talks on ending the Ukraine war, and that no formal settlement plan existed. He also said Ukraine’s worsening economy and weapon shortages had produced limited flexibility and that the White House had not confirmed Trump’s participation.
  • Devdiscourse published an auto‑generated Reuters feed that only restated Ushakov’s comment about a possible three‑way meeting, without adding any further detail. The remaining centre digests listed the meeting as a possibility but did not include Peskov’s remarks on Ukraine, the White House stance, or any economic context. Several digests centred on unrelated statements by Trump or other leaders, omitting the core meeting information.

Right

5 rated outlets

  • Right‑rated outlets led on the possibility of a meeting in Shenzhen, repeating the Kremlin’s statement that the summit could be held at the APEC gathering. They reported that Putin and Trump discussed the idea during their phone call and that the APEC summit is scheduled for 18‑19 November in Shenzhen. None of the right‑leaning digests mentioned the Kremlin’s remarks about Ukraine negotiations or Kyiv’s economic flexibility.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Kremlin says Trump, Putin and Xi may meet at APEC summit in Shenzhen?
Of the 9 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 33% are rated left, 11% are rated centre, 56% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 16. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Kremlin says Trump, Putin and Xi may meet at APEC summit in Shenzhen left or right?
Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 9 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
Is the coverage of Kremlin says Trump, Putin and Xi may meet at APEC summit in Shenzhen biased?
Kremlin says Trump, Putin and Xi may meet at APEC summit in Shenzhen is one event reported by 16 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which outlets covered Kremlin says Trump, Putin and Xi may meet at APEC summit in Shenzhen?
16 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
When could the trilateral summit take place?
The Kremlin said the summit could be held on the sidelines of the APEC meeting in Shenzhen on 18‑19 November 2026, according to all reported outlets.
Which leaders discussed the idea of the summit?
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed the possibility during a phone call on 8 September, as reported by the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Did any outlet confirm that Trump will attend?
No outlet confirmed Donald Trump’s attendance; all reports only mentioned the possibility of his participation.
What did the Kremlin say about Ukraine negotiations?
Peskov said Moscow expects trilateral negotiations on Ukraine to resume in the foreseeable future, a detail included in left‑rated reports but omitted by right‑leaning digests.

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