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Trump envoys accompanied by US Treasury sanctions chief during Moscow visit

From Adevărul · () Romanian

Translated from Romanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Gene Lange, acting head of the US Treasury’s sanctions division, joined Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s delegation during its Moscow visit.
  • The wider US delegation included representatives from the National Security Council, State Department and Treasury, while Lange met with Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev rather than Vladimir Putin.
  • Russian and US officials discussed the war in Ukraine, possible next steps and broader bilateral economic ties during more than three hours of talks.

Gene Lange, the acting head of the US Treasury Department’s sanctions division, joined Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner during their diplomatic mission to Moscow, putting sanctions policy visibly close to the center of the talks.

Lange took part in a preparatory session with Kirill Dmitriev, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special representative for economic cooperation. He did not join the later direct meeting with Putin, but a White House official said the broader US delegation included representatives from the National Security Council, the State Department and the Treasury Department.

The sides discussed concrete plans for the next steps, which will be announced in the coming weeks, and we look forward to equally productive meetings tomorrow in Ukraine.

· White House officialThe official described the expected follow-up to the Moscow talks.

The White House official said the sides had discussed “concrete plans for the next steps, which will be announced in the coming weeks” and that the US delegation looked forward to equally productive meetings the following day in Ukraine.

The Kremlin meeting lasted three hours and 10 minutes, including formal talks followed by an informal working dinner. Putin gave what presidential adviser Yuri Ushakov called clear and comprehensive assessments of the battlefield, highlighted Russian military progress and expressed confidence that Russia would achieve its stated goals in Ukraine. He also stressed the need to address the conflict’s “root causes.”

clear and comprehensive assessments

· Yuri UshakovThe Kremlin adviser’s description of Putin’s account of the battlefield situation.

Ushakov said the US delegation presented several proposals for possible paths toward a settlement. The presence of the Treasury sanctions chief came after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on the sidelines of the G20 summit that Washington did not intend to offer Russia economic concessions while it continued its war against Ukraine.

Beyond the war, the delegations discussed broader US-Russian trade relations, including possible large-scale economic projects described as mutually beneficial. Ushakov said Putin and US President Donald Trump intended to maintain direct personal contact.

root causes

· Vladimir Putin, as quoted by Yuri UshakovPutin’s stated emphasis during the Kremlin discussions about the war in Ukraine.
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Originally published by Adevărul in Romanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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