the Kremlin has denied a Washington Post report that President Vladimir Putin held a phone conversation with us president-elect Donald Trump we saw that Vladimir Putin congratulated Donald Trump late last week on his election when and said he was willing to talk Donald Trump said they may talk I mean he needs to tread a little bit carefully there but it’s possible they do actually speak before Donald Trump’s inauguration of course he’s already spoken with the Ukrainian president um since his election win and a number of other leaders around the world the question is is there an incentive for both of them to talk before Donald Trump takes office certainly there may be um there seems to be a sense that Vladimir Putin’s willing to hear what Donald Trump has to say about the situation in Ukraine uh and the possibility of getting towards talks in that conflict um and would that be advantageous for Vladimir Putin quite possibly so certainly the door is open there but for now at least the kremlin’s denying that conversation happened