A US-educated former Goldman Sachs banker, with no formal diplomatic role at the time, Dmitriev cut an unexpected figure at the talks next to more conventional members of the Russian delegation such as foreign minister Sergei Lavrov.

Kirill Dmitriev wrote on Elon Musk’s X platform for the first time since 2012 this week to declare US-Russia cooperation was “key to address world challenges.” Then he posted a video graphic depicting a joint mission to Mars with the US and Saudi Arabia on what appears to be one of Musk’s SpaceX rockets.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that he has not discussed resolving the conflict in Ukraine in detail with President Trump, and neither did Russian and American negotiating teams when they met last week in Saudi Arabia.

After the teleconference between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump and the historic meeting of Russian and US delegations in Saudi Arabia, Turkey initiated another round of negotiations, inviting Russians and

One can expect it,’ Kremlin spokesman says, when asked if Russian president planned to brief his Chinese counterpart on Tuesday’s talks.

Mr Trump is the guiding force of the talks, the early throes of which have started—without any input or representation from Ukraine and Europe—in Saudi Arabia. If he chooses to include Europe at all,

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that he has not discussed resolving the conflict in Ukraine in detail with President Donald Trump, and neither did Russian and American negotiating teams when they met last week in Saudi Arabia.

Kissing up to the Russians in Saudi Arabia and getting nothing in return, Secretary of State Marco Rubio came away expecting “concessions” from all sides (“Rubio on UAE visit faces resistance to Gaza plan amid major defense and weapons expo,

At the conclusion of talks with the Russian delegation in Saudi Arabia recently, Michael Waltz, the U.S. national security adviser, noted that “only President Trump” could have shifted the global

Last Tuesday at a peace conference in Saudi Arabia, the Trump diplo-wrecking crew came out and conceded to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s team that Ukraine was responsible for forcing Russia to invade the country three years ago.