Kremlin forms team for direct discussions with the USA about Ukraine

Kremlin forms team for direct discussions with the USA about Ukraine

The Kremlin works on a high -ranking negotiation team to have direct discussions with the United States, with the aim of ending the war in Ukraine. CNN have communicated this to sources that are informed about the topic.

composition of the negotiation team

The members of the Kremlin negotiation team have not yet been officially announced. However, CNN has learned that it will consist of leading political, intelligence and economic personalities. This also includes the Russian official, who played a key role in a recent release of US prisoners.

role of Kirill dmitriev

Kirill Dmitriev, a close consultant of President Putin, will focus on the restoration of economic relationships between the United States and Russia, while both sides are striving for a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine. According to a source that is informed about the appointment, Dmitriev recently had close contacts with the US special representative for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, and with the Saudi crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman to secure the release of the American teacher Marc Fogel from Russia.

important statements and influences

"There is a gentleman from Russia. His name is Kirill, and he had a lot to do with this matter. He was important. He was an important conversation partner who connected the two sides," Witkoff told CNN.

dmitrievs background

dmitriev, the head of the Russian state fund, which is under sanctions, has positioned himself as an open supporter of Donald Trump within the Russian political elite. He expressed that Trump’s election victory "shows that ordinary Americans are tired of unprecedented lies, incompetence and malice of bidding administration". He also added that Trump's victory "opened new opportunities to redesign the relationships between Russia and the United States".

education and career

dmitriev was born in the soviet period in Ukraine and received his training to Harvard and Stanford in the USA. He previously worked as a consultant at the US consulting company McKinsey and as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs.

negotiation strategy of Russia

The inclusion of DMITRIEV by the Kremlin indicates that a central focus of the negotiation strategy in Russia will be to reduce sanctions and the restoration of the ramponized economic relationships to the west. Dmitriev has established itself as a significant point of contact in the first and current Trump governments and is constantly calling for closer US-Russian relationships while he has private back room talks with US officials.

international reactions

After the large march of Russia in Ukraine in February 2022, Dmitriev was sanctioned by the US Ministry of Finance, which described him as "close confidants of Putin" and his family.