The Kremlin is assembling a high-level negotiating team to engage in direct talks with the United States in an effort to end the war in Ukraine. Sources familiar with the issue have revealed that the team will consist of top-level political, intelligence, and economic figures from Russia, including a key official who played a crucial role in a recent US prisoner release deal.
Kirill Dmitriev, a close adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been appointed to focus on restoring economic ties between the US and Russia as part of the negotiations for a Russia-Ukraine peace agreement. Dmitriev recently collaborated with US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia to secure the release of an American teacher from Russia.
