Posted on 04/03/2025 12:56:00 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
Russian President Vladimir Putin sent rival teams to Washington for talks with the Trump administration as ceasefire negotiations for the war in Ukraine are underway, according to an independent investigative Russian news outlet.
On Thursday, Kirill Dmitriev, a businessman and Putin's investment envoy, announced that he is in Washington this week to hold talks with U.S. officials. The official, who runs Russia's sovereign wealth fund, is meeting Trump ally Steve Witkoff at Putin's request, he said.
Putin also gave the go-ahead for another rival team to engage in talks with Washington, news site Agentstvo reported on Thursday.
The two teams "actually do not get along well with each other and even clashed" during talks in Riyadh on February 18, the publication reported, citing a source familiar with the negotiations.
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According to Agentstvo, before a diplomatic meeting between Washington and Moscow in the Saudi capital on February 18, Putin informed Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov that the Russian delegation would include only two people: Lavrov himself and Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov.
Later, Dmitriev privately met with the Russian president and asked if he could join the delegation—a request which Putin granted, without notifying his foreign minister.
Upon entering the negotiation room, Lavrov was reportedly surprised to find three chairs for the Russian delegation. He removed one chair when he was informed that one was for Dmitriev, saying: "If he wants to participate, let [Putin] tell me himself."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
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-ruslan belov
We can always count on you to sniff out the most entertaining anti-Trump nonsense. Although it is hard to figure out what you are trying to accomplish with this one... the rest of the crap that comes up in the link to Newsweek where the article is from leave no doubt what the sentiment is. Newsweek like you would do anything in their power to sabotage any and all progress toward ending the never-ending idiocy that led to this awful mess.
Kirill Alexandrovich Dmitriev Went to Harvard. Lived in America from 14 until age 27. Worked at Goldman Sachs.
Two teams of Russian sharks meet with US naive shark food.
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