'There is no ceasefire. Attacks are ongoing': how Putin's envoy played US over Ukraine
Source: The Observer
‘There is no ceasefire. Attacks are ongoing’: how Putin’s envoy played US over Ukraine
White House welcome for key member of Russian president’s inner circle raises fears over America’s commitment to peace
Peter Beaumont
Sun 6 Apr 2025 07.00 BST
Kirill Dmitriev’s meetings with US officials in the White House last week went largely below the radar. And deliberately so.
The dapper investment envoy to Russian president Vladimir Putin, who also serves as a key negotiator for Moscow on Ukraine, posted an image of his flight plan on social media to make the point that a senior sanctioned Russian official was being welcomed by the Trump administration. Otherwise, details of what was discussed remain opaque.
The most senior Russian official to visit the US since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Dmitriev – a member of Putin’s closest inner circle – is well cast to appeal to Trump and an administration whose world view is crudely transactional.
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Crucially, it is Dmitriev who has been tasked by Putin with keeping Donald Trump onside amid the US president’s self-described anger with Russia over the status of a US mediated “ceasefire” that exists largely in name only amid continuing attacks.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/06/there-is-no-ceasefire-attacks-are-ongoing-how-putins-envoy-played-us-over-ukraine