Putin envoy visits White House as Donald Trump toys with détente

Trump is taking US-Russia relations on a rollercoaster ride

Trying to follow each twist between the US president and Moscow can leave you giddy, says the BBC's Steve Rosenberg.

The financier, close to the Russian President, met on Thursday 3 April with representatives of the administration of the US Head of State in Washington, in full rapprochement between Russia and the United States.

In these hours in Washington, to meet the Republicans' special envoy Steve Witkoff, there is Kirill Dmitriev, the director of the RDIF, the Russian Fund for Direct Investment, whom Putin chose to negotiate the pact for the cessation of the Ukrainian conflict. To get him to the United States, the US Treasury had to temporarily suspend the sanctions in force against him. With this visit - the first of a high level of the Kremlin to the United Stat…

After Putin envoy's US talks, Kremlin says Putin and Trump have no plans to speak by phone

MOSCOW - The Kremlin said on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump have no plans to talk by phone following a visit to Washington by Putin's investment envoy, which it described as grounds for \"cautious optimism\". Read more at straitstimes.com.

Top Trump aide hosts white house meeting with Kremlin envoy - West Hawaii Today

BERLIN — A Kremlin envoy on Thursday praised the Trump administration for hearing “Russia’s position on many issues” after two days of meetings in Washington that marked the first time in years that a senior Russian official had traveled to the United States for talks with American counterparts.

For the first time since 2022, Putin's confidant visited the USA. In this conversation, both sides had also talked about rare earths and the resumption of air traffic.