Moscow (CNN) The Helsinki summit provoked outrage in Washington after President Donald Trump declined to endorse the US government's assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election. In Russia, it's being seen as a resounding success for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The immediate reaction from Russian officials and Russian media was to cast the meeting with Trump as a win for Moscow and a sign of the Kremlin leader's stature on the world stage.

It was clear from the body language of top Russian officials. Shortly before a news conference that followed a bilateral meeting with the US side, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov appeared in the hall with wide grins.

Lavrov had only superlatives to describe the talks between the US and Russian leaders, according to Russian media.

"They were magnificent," Lavrov said, answering a journalist's question. He added that the talks were "better than super."

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