Sanctions: Kremlin representative has discussions in Washington for the first time

For the first time since the beginning of the Russian attack war against Ukraine, a confidante of Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin in Washington is advertising a partial cancellation of the sanctions when meeting US leaders. The head of the state Russian fund for direct investment (RFDI), Kirill Dmitrijew, shared a media report after his arrival on his Telegram channel, according to which Moscow asked US President Donald Trump, “to be lifted some of the sanctions-as part of the negotiations on an arms rest under the mediation of the USA”.

At the moment, the talks about Ukraine in dead end, it was said in the report shared by Dmitrijew that Trump Sauer was about lack of progress. Trump had said several times that he wanted to reach an end to the war. Dmitrijew said that he was on behalf of Putin in Washington. Putin had agreed to a ceasefire on a phone call to Trump in March – but he provided conditions, including the cancellation of some sanctions.

Dmitrijew: The reconstruction of relationships is not easy

Dmitrijew, which himself took for a long time because of the war, is said to advise Trump’s commissioner Steve Witkoff as the special envoy of the Russian President for the economic cooperation with other countries. The relationship between Russia and the United States is not easy and can only be carried out gradually.

The American-Russian trade had a scale of $ 35 billion before the war in 2021. Because of the US sanctions introduced in the course of the war against Ukraine, he fell to $ 3.5 billion last year.