SNN: Russian manager Dmitriev can visit Washington this week

The Russian manager Kirill Dmitriev is expected to visit Washington this week to meet with the US President Special Supporter Steve Witcoff to negotiate relations between the two countries, as they seek to put an end to the war in Ukraine. About it reports TV channel CNN with reference to the official representative of the United States and two sources familiar with plans.

His visit will be the first when a high -ranking Russian official will visit Washington, the District of Columbia, for negotiations after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, and marks the next step in a noticeable warming in relations between the two countries after the return of Donald Trump.

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Kirill Dmitriev is a close adviser to Putin and in February, together with high-ranking Russian officials, went to Er Riyad in Saudi Arabia to start a discussion of settlement on the end of the war in Ukraine. He also worked with Vitcoff to release American teacher Mark Fogel from imprisonment in Russia that the Trump administration perceived as a gesture of goodwill.

The US government has temporarily abolished sanctions against Dmitriev to allow the State Department to give him a visa to arrive in the United States, one of the familiar sources said. Another source reported that the Ministry of Finance received a request for temporary suspension of sanctions.

The State Department representative said CNN that “visa records are confidential under US law”, so they “cannot comment on individual visa cases.” CNN turned to the White House. The Ministry of Finance Representative refused to comment on CNN.