Putin's special envoy tells US officials "pressure on Russia is futile" during ongoing visit

Kirill Dmitriev, Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin's special envoy, said today that the message he has been conveying from Putin during his ongoing US visit is that pressure on Russia will not succeed.

Source: European Pravda, citing Dmitriev in a video on Telegram

Details: Dmitriev noted that this is the third day of the Russian delegation's visit to the United States, where they have been "conveying Putin's position on the futility of pressuring Russia".

"We are seeing titanic efforts to disrupt the dialogue between Russia and the US," Putin's envoy said, without elaborating on who he believes is behind such efforts.

He said he had briefed unnamed members of the Trump administration on a meeting that Putin held with the Russian General Staff, particularly emphasising the claims made about supposedly successful Burevestnik cruise missile tests and the encirclement of Ukrainian forces near Kupiansk.

Dmitriev also claimed that he is "conveying" to the US authorities that what he called the "conflict in Ukraine" can only be resolved by "eradicating its root causes", and that the Russian economy is in good shape.

Background:

• In April, Dmitriev became the first Russian official to visit Washington since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. At the time, his visit was seen as a significant step in attempts to establish ties between the Kremlin and the White House.
• Putin's envoy has been in the US since at least Friday and has reported on meetings he claims to have had with American officials. However, the only publicly known meeting was with US Representative Anna Paulina Luna, who frequently repeats Kremlin talking points.
• Earlier, Dmitriev appeared on Fox News and claimed that Russia, the US and Ukraine are "close to a diplomatic solution" that would end the Russo-Ukrainian war.

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