Is this a hunch you have, or are the voices in your head getting louder?
Reuters said Witkoff also met with the Kiril guy, I think Demetriof, chief honcho of their sovereign wealth fund(s).
This would be the 3rd or 4th such. The pending openings for foreign involvement (it will be phrased as investment) in the Kara Sea oil and gas project as well as Sakhalin 2 or 3 or whatever number they are up to have started to close, somewhat. PetroChina got the chunk of Kara Sea’s project that Exxon walked away from when the war started.
Sakhalin is another matter. Japan’s oil wannabe company never left it in 2022. Price tag to participate is going to be much higher since it is already producing.
Anyway, Witkoff is a money guy. Big numbers from NYC real estate and has known Trump for decades. That’s why he’s talking to Demetriev.