Kremlin Confirms Abu Dhabi Security Talks, Withholds Details of "Anchorage Formula"

Overview

• Russia says its three‑party security working group in Abu Dhabi will be staffed exclusively by military representatives, with the meeting time set upon delegations’ arrival.
• A separate economic session between RDIF chief Kirill Dmitriev and U.S. envoy Stephen Witkoff is slated in Abu Dhabi for January 23 or 24.
• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to reveal the content of the so‑called Anchorage formula, calling public discussion of its details inappropriate.
• Peskov stated that Kyiv’s forces must leave Donbass as a key condition for any long‑term resolution.
• He said slightly less than $5 billion in Russian assets remain frozen in the United States, and suggested those funds could be used to rebuild war‑damaged territories, including Donbass.