Kremlin negotiator Kirill Dmitriev has been visiting not only the United States but several other countries in an effort to unlock frozen Russian assets, President Volodymyr Zelensky said at a briefing on April 4.
Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund, has become a key figure in the Kremlin's outreach to the Trump administration. Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed the 49-year-old Kyiv native as special envoy for economic affairs in an attempt to interest Washington in joint economic ventures in return for a
U.S. officials are reportedly growing increasingly frustrated with Moscow's slowness in negotiations.
American businesses are prepared to return to Russia and fill the vacancies left by European companies that withdrew after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kirill Dmitriev said following talks with U.S. officials in Washington.
"Restoring dialog is a difficult and gradual process. But every meeting, every frank conversation allows us to move forward," Kirill Dmitriev said.
Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund, who played a role in backchannel diplomacy between Moscow and the Trump administration in 2016, is met Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump's envoy, according to Reuters.
Putin's team will reportedly include Sergey Naryshkin, director of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).
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