Something to note about the talks today between U.S. and Russian negotiators is that Kirill Dmitriev, the head of Russia’s Direct Investment Fund, continues to take point on these talks, signaling, as we’ve assessed in the past, that Putin’s primary goals and preconditions of any ceasefire/peace deal negotiations remain concessions surrounding currently in place economic sanctions regimes.
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