Overview
- Russia’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov criticized U.S. efforts to link any economic cooperation to progress on ending the war in Ukraine, calling the approach harmful to Russian and American business interests.
- Kirill Dmitriev of the Russian Direct Investment Fund said talks with U.S. interlocutors continue and insisted any deal would proceed only on Russia’s terms.
- Dmitriev claimed American companies forfeited more than $300 billion by exiting Russia and said some are re-registering trademarks as a step toward possible returns.
- Ukrainian and European officials oppose the engagement and fear economic incentives could be tied to concessions, with reports describing Russian aims such as sanctions relief, renewed access to dollar payment systems, and joint energy and mining projects.
- Dmitriev warned that Ukrainian strikes on energy facilities in Russia could push fuel prices higher and cited a Bloomberg scenario that discussed oil climbing to $200 a barrel.