Kirill Dmitriev, a close Putin adviser, will focus on restoring economic ties between the US and Russia as the two sides attempt to forge a Russia-Ukraine peace agreement, according to sources with knowledge of the appointment. Dmitriev, the head of Russia’s sanctioned sovereign wealth fund, has been an outspoken Trump…
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