Russian state-owned domestic news agency RIA is reporting that Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden are likely to meet in June, following this past month of soaring tensions over the Russian troop build-up near Ukraine, which appears to have finally abated given the announced draw down late last week.

A Kremlin aide was cited in the report, following on Sunday Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov saying that Biden's proposal for a face-to-face summit in a third party country has been received "positively" and is currently under consideration, according to Reuters. 

A top foreign policy adviser, Yuri Ushakov, however stressed that "a firm decision on the meeting has not been taken yet." And TASS reports Monday, "The summit between Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden is planned for summer but its precise date and location will still have to be agreed, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Monday."