Overview
- Kirill Dmitriev confirmed he is in the United States for a long-planned visit and said the American side kept the meeting on the calendar.
- A White House official confirmed Dmitriev is scheduled to meet Trump envoy Steve Witkoff in Miami on Saturday.
- The engagement follows new U.S. sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, which President Trump described as overdue and the Kremlin denounced as an unfriendly act.
- Plans for a Trump–Putin summit stalled after Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s call with Sergey Lavrov, with Witkoff now again handling contact work.
- Dmitriev argued the oil sanctions would backfire by driving up gasoline prices in the United States.