Putin Prepares Veteran Team for Ukraine Peace Talks with Trump

The Kremlin is assembling a high-level delegation, including intelligence and economic experts, for direct negotiations with the U.S. to end the war in Ukraine.

• Russian President Vladimir Putin has selected a team of seasoned negotiators, including longtime foreign-policy adviser Yuri Ushakov and intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin, to engage with U.S. representatives on Ukraine peace talks.
• Kirill Dmitriev, a financier with close ties to Putin, is expected to act as a key back-channel between the U.S. and Russia, focusing on economic discussions and sanctions relief.
• The team’s composition suggests a strategy aimed at addressing both political and economic dimensions of the conflict, with Dmitriev’s experience in U.S.-Russia relations playing a central role.
• The talks are expected to follow recent cooperation between the U.S., Russia, and Saudi Arabia, which facilitated a prisoner swap involving American teacher Marc Fogel.
• Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump are anticipated to meet in Saudi Arabia soon to further these discussions, though specific dates have not been confirmed.

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