For Putin, Friday’s meeting is a chance to repair his relationship with Trump and unlace the West’s isolation of his country following its invasion of Ukraine 3 1/2 years ago. He’s been open about his desire to rebuild U.S.-Russia relations now that Trump is back in the White House.

The Russian president is talking a lot about mineral deals and a potential Nobel Peace Prize—all to get Trump to throw Ukraine to the wolves.

The summit takes place Friday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson outside Anchorage. It’s Putin’s first trip to the U.S. since 2015 for the U.N.