A Russian economic official who serves as an envoy for Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Washington this week and held two days of talks with US officials, which he said went well.
Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of Russia’s Direct Investment Fund, the Russian government’s sovereign wealth fund, told reporters on Thursday while still in Washington that the talks made progress.
“I would say that today and yesterday, we made three steps forward on a large number of issues,” Dmitriev said.

Dmitriev said that a major issue impeding the US-Russia relationship was the lack of communication. “Therefore, the process of dialogue, the process of resolution will take some time, but it is definitely positive and constructive,” he said.
In an interview with CNN, Dmitriev said he wasn’t in the US to ask for sanctions relief but conveyed that Russia was ready to do business with American companies. “At this point, we are not asking for any sanction relief. We are just discussing that if America wants to have more business with Russia … then of course US can do so,” he said.
On Wednesday, Dmitriev met with Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s Middle East envoy, who has also been involved in negotiations on the Ukraine war and has met with Putin in Moscow. Dmitriev’s visit to the US comes amid uncertainty over the prospects for a peace deal in Ukraine, but he spoke positively of the negotiations.
“I think there is an understanding for how we can move to finalize the agreement. And there have been lots of discussion in that realm, lots of differences still remain, but I think there are several passes to try to address all those issues and only diplomatic solution can be possible,” he told CNN.
Maybe economically this visit is unimportant but politically it is quite significant. Everything what makes the world safer is good.
America is a great market but not for Russia. The new Trump's tariff politics is hitting mainly China and EU. China is okay anyway, but EU is vulnerable. Potentially the consequences of Trump's tariff revolution can be devastating for EU. Let's see how Euro-clowns will cope with it.
Logically, it would force Europe into the arms of Russia/China and BRICS.
Leaders of EU and main European countries got in habit of acting illogically, and there are no signs they are going to change their behavior.
Agreed, the pt. is a change of leadership … from Davos class to the middle class.
The solution: Look for another market for exports, e.g., the countries of the BRICS alliance.
https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/01/19/brics-expands-population-nigeria-africa/
It is difficult for EU countries to compete with China. Relations with Russia are spoiled for many years. The leading west-European countries invested too much in Ukrainian project. It would be not so easy for them to get out from this mess. So far they are not even trying to do anything to improve the situation.
The EU's optimal response to US import tariffs is, for example, high import duties on advertising and marketing services provided by American digital companies.
https://www.adexchanger.com/marketers/global-ad-revenue-cracks-the-1-trillion-dollar-mark-in-2024/
https://www.adexchanger.com/marketers/trumps-tariffs-are-bad-news-for-anyone-who-relies-on-ad-revenue/
https://www.emarketer.com/content/digital-advertising-earnings-q4-2024-social-streaming-search-retail-media
https://www.spendesk.com/blog/marketing-spend-statistics/
https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2025-sub-section-global-advertising-trends
https://en.iz.ru/en/1865078/anastasia-kostina/conversational-charm-why-did-putins-special-envoy-dmitriev-fly-washington
https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/theme/248?from=actualno&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp USA. Relations with Russia
https://www.newsweek.com/putins-top-negotiator-gives-update-after-washington-peace-talks-2055102
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-envoy-dmitriev-says-some-forces-trying-sow-discord-between-russia-us-2025-04-03/
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/top-russian-official-washington-talks-101958873.html
https://www.intellinews.com/who-is-russian-sovereign-wealth-fund-boss-kirill-dmitriev-whose-middle-east-connections-helped-broker-the-release-of-us-prisoner-marc-fogel-367154/
https://www.ft.com/content/1138c633-7664-4a0b-af7e-8b343201ced1 The ex-Goldman banker who became Vladimir Putin’s dealmaker
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-has-no-plans-sudden-withdrawal-europe-natos-rutte-says-2025-04-03/
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_234132.htm NATO Foreign Ministers to discuss building a ‘stronger, fairer, more lethal NATO’
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/events_233976.htm Meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs 3-4 April 2025
https://www.rt.com/russia/615217-dmitriev-us-russia-ties/
Until the British remove Zelensky's security team and the US withdraws its NATO membership, I'm unsure what Russia-US talks accomplish.
They may be focusing on post-global economic apocalypse business.
“Common people now! Smile on each oter, everybody get together, try to love one another! Right now!”
Apr 2, 2025 WEST sounds the ALARM: This Brilliant Move by Putin SHOCKED the U.S. and Brought NATO to its KNEES
https://youtu.be/vRvizPlmKKE?si=2FeIEuspkw-JJFh4
Also important to notice that these are direct talks about economic issues. Unrelated, it seems, to ending the war in Ukraine.
Russia is testing US to see if they can agree on Economy first before moving on to the Ukraine issue…!
The major issue is to teach the American envoy how to talk correctly politically…! Political Science 101 revived…!
That might be an 098-level course….!
Who else attended those meetings?
previously:
BlackRock funds hit by $17bn in losses on Russian exposure
Sharp markdowns at world’s largest asset manager show broad impact of sanctions and shuttered markets
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has taken about $17bn in losses on its Russian securities holdings of because of the attack on Ukraine..
If tensions and sanctions ease, Russian securities could start trading more freely again and recover some of their value. In that scenario, BlackRock’s funds and clients could benefit as prices recover.
https://www.ft.com/content/e7967c06-77f3-45f6-9bf5-f141f899dba5
And something to keep in your back pocket should Ukraine continue to get pummeled:
https://globaleuronews.com/2023/07/08/goloborodko-rejected-but-zelensky-accepted-blackrock-shares-ukrainia