President Vladimir Putin on Sunday appointed Kirill Dmitriev, the chief of Russia's sovereign wealth fund, as a special envoy on international economic and investment cooperation.

His main role, his main task, is what Putin assigned him: to get the Americans to lift sanctions pressure. That’s his job,” Russia’s former deputy foreign minister, told NBC News.

Riyadh in Saudi Arabia hosted the first stage of talks between the delegations of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on the restoration of US-Russia relations and the formation of negotiating teams on the Russo-Ukrainian war.

Russia is open for economic cooperation with the U.S., President Vladimir Putin' new special envoy on international economic cooperation said in response to President Donald Trump's call for "major economic development transactions with Russia".

But, from Vladimir Putin’s point of view, he had good reason to be part of it. As the boss of one of Russia’s state-backed investment funds, Mr Dmitriev has been cutting deals for more than a decade.

Russia’s newest envoy has made his opening gambit: offer up the prospect of lucrative business deals to Elon Musk and Donald Trump.

Among the veteran diplomats and national security advisers gathering for top-level talks between the U.S. and Russia, Harvard-educated Kirill Dmitriev cut a distinct figure this week. As Moscow seeks to match the Washington team’s dealmaking lineup,

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