moscow kremlin say monday u.s. secretary state rex tillerson meet president vladimir putin visit moscow wednesday move could point tensions u.s. missile attack syrian air base last week john kerry tillerson predecessor often meet putin well russian foreign minister visit moscow putin grant several audiences texan run oil major exxon mobil take current job putin even personally award tillerson top russian state award order friendship 2013 widely expect former oilman would meet putin first trip russia secretary state putin spokesman dmitry peskov tell reporters monday meet plan suggest tillerson follow strict diplomatic protocol meet direct counterpart russian foreign minister sergei lavrov announce meet right meet tillerson president diary peskov tell reporters conference call say putin plan receive tillerson u.s. president donald trump order missile strike syrian military base last week retaliation washington ally say poisonous gas attack score civilians kill moscow say proof syrian military carry attack call u.s. missile strike act aggression violate international law tillerson visit see early test whether trump new administration use momentum generate strike syrian base craft execute strategy end war even trump order strike retaliation nerve gas attack tillerson visit certain dominate thorny issue include allege russian interference 2016 u.s. presidential election washington accusation russia violate important arm control treaty try bridge differences conduct fight islamic state syria ironically one areas analysts believe moscow washington might able find common grind peskov putin spokesman say monday u.s. strike show washington total unwillingness cooperate syria react media report tillerson would use visit press moscow back away support syrian president bashar al-assad russia big middle east ally peskov signal non-starter return pseudo-attempts resolve crisis repeat mantras assad must step help sort things out kremlin angry syria missile strike say putin wo n't meet tillerson