Senior Russian official to visit Washington this week, CNN reports

Russia's leader Putin sends his confidant Kirill Dmitryev to the US, the head of the state investment fund, where he is to negotiate American-Russian relations and war in Ukraine.

Russia wants above all to benefit economically in the reconstruction of relations with the US. For this now a long-sentenced envoy of Kremlin chief Putin is in Washington with sanctions.

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Kremlin says Putin's key investment adviser may visit Washington this week

This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission. Kirill Dmitriev, a senior Kremlin adviser and head of a major state-backed investment fund, was expected to visit Washington this week for talks with US officials on Ukraine and bilateral relations, the Kremlin said. Dmitriev’s reported visit comes as Washington and Moscow move to repair relations following years of spiraling tensions that …

This is the first visit by a high-ranking Russian official to Washington since Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The meeting takes place as President Donald Trump announced heavy tariffs on numerous countries - but not Russia -, already targeted by US sanctions due to the War in Ukraine and which is no longer officially a significant trading partner, according to Washington. "On April 2 and 3 (...) I have meetings in Washington …

Top Russian official in Washington for talks

WASHINGTON - Russia's top economic negotiator announced Thursday that he was in Washington for talks on improving ties, the highest-level visit by a Kremlin official to the United States since Russia invaded Ukraine.