The White House announced Tuesday that President Barack Obama would not meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin for a one-on-one meeting this September because of the country's record on human rights, among other conflicts that have arisen like granting asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden.
The meeting was scheduled to take place after the G-20 summit in St. Petersberg. The meeting was canceled due to a "lack of progress on issues like missile defense, arms control, trade and commercial relations, global security issues, and human rights and civil society," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said according to the Washington Blade.
The announcement followed Obama's appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Tuesday in a wide-sweeping interview, which included conversations on the economy, the Affordable Care Act, and the current law in Russia that places a ban on so-called homosexual propaganda.
(via Advocate)
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