President Vladimir Putin on Sunday appointed Kirill Dmitriev, the chief of Russia's sovereign wealth fund, as a special envoy on international economic and investment cooperation.
His main role, his main task, is what Putin assigned him: to get the Americans to lift sanctions pressure. That’s his job,” Russia’s former deputy foreign minister, told NBC News.
Riyadh in Saudi Arabia hosted the first stage of talks between the delegations of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on the restoration of US-Russia relations and the formation of negotiating teams on the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Russian officials are arguing that American companies stand to make billions of dollars by re-entering Russia. The White House is listening.
The Kremlin is assembling a high-level negotiating team to engage in direct talks with the United States to end the war in Ukraine, sources with knowledge of the issue have told CNN.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday he was willing to give up his position if it meant peace in Ukraine, quipping that he could exchange his departure for Ukraine’s entry into Nato.
Ukrainian president also rules out US-Ukraine minerals deal if it meant repaying Washington for military aid already provided under Biden
Vladimir Putin has appointed Kirill Dmitriev as a special envoy for international economic and investment cooperation. Dmitriev, head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund, is seen as highly knowledgeable about the U.