Once last week’s meeting in Riyadh between US and Russian negotiators was over, one member of Moscow’s delegation stayed behind for an informal one-on-one with the host of the historic talks, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
It was Kirill Dmitriev, the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, pictured smiling and chatting with the kingdom’s leader.
A US-educated former Goldman Sachs banker, with no formal diplomatic role at the time, Dmitriev cut an unexpected figure at the talks next to more conventional members of the Russian delegation such as foreign minister Sergei Lavrov.
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