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Russian special envoy in US to meet Trump administration officials

Kirill Dmitriev’s reported trip comes before a US decision on ⁠whether to extend sanctions relief on Russian oil, ‌which expires on Saturday

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Kirill Dmitriev, the Russian presidential envoy, speaks to the media in Moscow on March 26. Photo: Reuters
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Russian ⁠President Vladimir Putin’s special ⁠envoy Kirill Dmitriev is currently in the United States and is meeting members of US President Donald Trump’s administration for ‌discussions on a peace deal for Ukraine and US-Russia economic cooperation, sources with knowledge of the visit said on Thursday.

The visit comes before the US decision on ⁠whether to extend sanctions relief on Russian oil, ‌which expires on April 11 and could also be on the agenda.

The ‌United States issued a 30-day waiver for ⁠countries ⁠to buy sanctioned Russian oil and petroleum products currently ‌stranded at sea, in what Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described ‌as a step ‌to stabilise global energy markets roiled ‌by Iran war.
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The sanctions relief took ⁠place after a call between Trump and Putin on ⁠March 9 and a subsequent visit to the US by Dmitriev to discuss ‌the energy ‌crisis with a US delegation that included Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.

Also on Thursday, Putin declared a 32-hour ceasefire in Ukraine over the Orthodox Easter weekend.

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Putin’s decree, released by the Kremlin, orders Russian forces to observe a ceasefire starting at 4pm on Saturday and lasting until the end of Sunday.

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