January 19, 2026

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Witkoff and Kushner met with Kremlin special envoy Dmitriev in Moscow


Kirill Dmitriev and Steven Witkoff (Photo: Vyacheslav Prokofiev / TASS)

US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff entered the Kremlin through the entrance for tourists, as follows from a video published by Izvestia (banned in Greece).

He is accompanied by the special representative of the Russian President for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries, Kirill Dmitriev. Before that, Witkoff and Dmitriev walked through the center Moscow and had dinner at a restaurant that, on the eve of the war, was awarded a Michelin star.

Witkoff is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin today. On his trip to Moscow, Witkoff is accompanied by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.

Earlier, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov reported that Putin would receive American negotiators after 17:00 Moscow time. At the time of publication, Putin is speaking at the VTB forum “Russia Calling!”

Witkoff’s visit takes place against the backdrop of regular statements by the Russian military about successes at the front.

On Sunday, November 30, Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov said at a meeting with Putin that the Russian army took control of the cities of Pokrovsk and Volchansk. Kremlin official representative Dmitry Peskov spoke about this on the evening of Monday, December 1.





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