Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, has gained significant access to Vladimir Putin's inner circle through his personal relationships.
The former banker—with stints at McKinsey & Co. and Goldman Sachs—has long cultivated a quiet role as a Kremlin emissary to President Trump’s team.
As U.S. and Russian negotiators work to secure a ceasefire in Ukraine, Kirill Dmitriev will be trying his best to secure the best deal for Vladimir Putin.
Riyadh in Saudi Arabia hosted the first stage of talks between the delegations of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on the restoration of US-Russia relations and the formation of negotiating teams on the Russo-Ukrainian war.
But, from Vladimir Putin’s point of view, he had good reason to be part of it. As the boss of one of Russia’s state-backed investment funds, Mr Dmitriev has been cutting deals for more than a decade.
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(Bloomberg) -- Vladimir Putin is assembling a heavyweight team ... who asked not to be identified discussing internal information. Kirill Dmitriev, a financier educated at Stanford and Harvard ...
Among the veteran diplomats and national security advisers gathering for top-level talks between the US and Russia, Harvard-educated Kirill Dmitriev cut a distinct figure this week.