Obama and Putin locked in a death stare during an informal sidelines meeting

President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin were locked in a death stare during an informal sidelines meeting Monday at the G20 summit in Hangzhou, China.

Putin, Obama exchange icy stares at informal meeting

After the meeting, Obama revealed the two had talked about how they could reach “a meaningful, serious, verifiable cessation of hostilities in Syria” and about Ukraine, which Russia invaded in 2014.

Putin later told reporters an agreement with the US could be reached in the next few days.

But perhaps most interesting, Obama said at the post-sideline meeting press conference that the two had discussed “cybersecurity.”

“I will tell you that we’ve had problems with cyber intrusions from Russia in the past,” said Obama, without detailing precise intrusions.

Democratic officials have blamed Russia for hacking the Democratic National Committee and other party elements — a source of great disruption in the 2016 presidential race.

Obama issued this opaque warning: “[F]rankly, we have more capacities than anybody, both offensively and defensively.”