Will Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin speak on the phone with each other before August 1, 2026?

Prediction market on metaculus. Year to date, U.S. president Donald Trump and Russian Federation president Vladimir Putin are publicly reported to have spoken on the phone twice:  * [April 29, 2026](https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/analyses/2026-04-30/putin-trump-phone-call-no-shift-either-sides-position) - *On 29 April, at Russia’s initiative, Vladimir Putin held a 90-minute phone call with Donald Trump. The US president said the conversation was “very good”, while Putin’s adviser Yuri Ushakov described it as “friendly, open and businesslike”.* * [March 9 2026](https://abc7.com/live-updates/iran-war-news-live-updates-mojtaba-khamenei-chosen-irans-supreme-leader/18696218/entry/18696853/) - *President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed Iran as well as Ukraine in a phone call on Monday, according to Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov.*

Resolves: 8/1/2026.