President Vladimir Putin on Sunday appointed Kirill Dmitriev, the chief of Russia's sovereign wealth fund, as a special envoy on international economic and investment cooperation.

His main role, his main task, is what Putin assigned him: to get the Americans to lift sanctions pressure. That’s his job,” Russia’s former deputy foreign minister, told NBC News.

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.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund, as a special envoy for international economic and investment cooperation. This move follows high-level talks between the U.

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The first meeting since a call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin puts joint hydrocarbon ... a top Russian negotiator told POLITICO. Kirill Dmitriev, who heads the state-owned Russian Direct ...

(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 ...

President Vladimir Putin on Sunday appointed Kirill Dmitriev, the chief of Russia's sovereign wealth fund, as a special envoy on international economic and investment cooperation. A presidential ...

Putin Appoints Russia Sovereign Wealth Fund Chief Kirill Dmitriev Special Envoy (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Sunday appointed the chief of Russia's sovereign wealth fund, Kirill ...