Russian President Vladimir Putin held a roughly one-hour telephone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on 3 July, the Kremlin said, extending early Independence Day greetings and congratulating Trump on Senate passage of his signature tax, immigration and energy package, labelled by the White House the “big beautiful bill.” Kremlin foreign-policy adviser Yury Ushakov told reporters that Putin wished Trump success in implementing the legislation, which cleared the Senate by a single vote and now returns to the House of Representatives for final approval. The two leaders also discussed broader international issues, including the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, according to Kremlin readouts. Ushakov highlighted what he called Russia’s historical support for U.S. independence and noted the countries’ past military alliances, describing bilateral ties as possessing “deep roots.”