Overview

• Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said she will meet Kirill Dmitriev later in October, confirming talks without disclosing the date, location, or format.
• Dmitriev, Putin’s special envoy for economic cooperation and head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, confirmed the meeting and thanked her for advocating dialogue.
• Luna framed the objective as fostering peace and trade between the United States and Russia and said she and colleagues look forward to the discussion.
• Her announcement follows earlier efforts to arrange U.S.–Russian parliamentary contacts on neutral territory and comes from a lawmaker who has opposed U.S. aid to Ukraine.
• The Kremlin denied speculation about a new Putin–Trump meeting, while Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said momentum from the Alaska summit has faded and relations are deteriorating.