The current discussions build on proposals Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner discussed with Kirill Dmitriev, | Hanami
The current discussions build on proposals Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner discussed with Kirill Dmitriev, Putin’s special economic envoy, during talks over a Ukraine peace plan late last year. Dmitriev estimated the potential projects’ value at $14bn in February.
That push ultimately stalled shortly afterwards, as Ukraine resisted Russian demands to make territorial concessions as a precondition for talks.
“Dmitriev’s plan was waiting until the war froze, but the clock is ticking and war is not stopping, so they have made a decision to move forward now,” one person briefed on the business deals said.