Russian President Vladimir Putin met Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy, in the Kremlin on Wednesday, as Washington presses the Kremlin to agree to a deal to stop fighting before the US president’s Friday deadline or face new sanctions.
Earlier on Wednesday, Kirill Dmitriev, a senior Russian official with close ties to Putin’s family, greeted him at Vnukovo airport, according to Tass, the state newswire.
Soon after, state media published videos of the pair, flanked by security staff, strolling