Mr Putin is keen to protect his country’s security concerns – but is not anticipated to warm up ties particularly.
His main aim with meeting Mr Biden is to draw red lines to the new US administration and negotiate a tense status quo which would protect Moscow’s interests.
The Russian President is not seeking or anticipating a detente in frustrations on the rift caused by Russia’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s the Crimean Peninsula.
In addition, no movement or change in tensions is expected on the subject of US and EU sanctions which have restricted Moscow’s access to global financial markets.
The Russian leader is determined to simply outline Russia’s top security concerns and try to restore a basic level of communication between the US and Russia.
Without this basic level of communication, tensions could escalate further and lead to dangerous destabilisation.