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A senior Russian negotiator said that his country and the United States are taking place “good discussions” to end the war of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine after more than three years of fighting.

Kirill Dimitriev, a close adviser to Putin and CEO of the Direct Investment Fund in Russia (RDIF), met on Wednesday with a special envoy Steve Whitkov in Washington, DC,

It was RDIF and Dmitriev It was placed under penalties By the US Treasury of the Foreign Asset Office in February 2022, just days after the start of the full invasion of Russia.

The Treasury Department temporarily abdicated the sanctions on the Russian envoy so that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can grant it a visa to enter the United States.

He praised Dimitrif Trump administration To create “tremendous progress” in peace negotiations and went to the Biden administration, he did not participate with Russia in an interview with a “special report”.

“There was no attempt to understand the Russian position,” he said. “There were no truly solutions that could have been successful and what President Trump’s team did (they understood what the solution might have and achieved the first escalation ever in the conflict, which stops visits to energy infrastructure between Russia and Ukraine.”

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Russia has repeatedly violated Russia to stop energy launch since its agreement in mid -March.

Ukrainian president Woludimir Zelinski said In a publication on Tuesday on X that his country participated in information with the United States, indicating all Russia’s violations, including a drone in Jeuceon on a facility and energy equipment.

Dmitriev said that Ukraine also violated the ceasefire on energy infrastructure, but claimed that he had not been covered much in the Western media.

President Donald Trump The sweeping definitions were announced Wednesday at the White House on “Liberation Day”, which declared itself, targeting close allies and more than 180 countries and regions with the so -called mutual “tariff”. It is worth noting that Russia was not on the list.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessin Fox News broadcaster Brett Bayer told Russia or Belarus to have been included in the list of countries that have been recognized because the United States is not trading with them, and is punished.

However, the American Trade Representative Office found that the total commodity trade in the United States with Russia was estimated at $ 3.5 billion.

Dmitryv said that Russia is not In the tariff list It was a “technical issue” of the Trump administration, where Washington and Moscow are working for more peace talks and re -creation of relations and partnerships.

A graduate of Stanford University has suggested future economic cooperation as well as a possible deal on the ground and rare minerals.

Dimitriev confirmed that Putin wants to conclude a deal to end the war in Ukraine and claimed that Russia does not constitute any preconditions on sanctions as part of the ceasefire agreement.

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In late March, the Kremlin said that it would not implement the ceasefire in the Black Sea until the United States lifted sanctions on Rossellekabank, a Russian -owned agricultural bank, and other unlimited financial organizations, according to what he said. Institute of War Study, Washington -based research group is closely monitoring the changing front lines in Ukraine.