Putin’s special envoy Dmitriev: “Kyiv is delaying the negotiations and disrupting the dialogue”

Negotiations to resolve the Ukrainian crisis are being delayed by Kyiv, which is disrupting the dialogue under instructions from Europe.

This information reported according to Kirill Dmitriev, Special Representative of Russian President Vladimir Putin for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries and CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF).

“It is very important to note that it is Ukraine that is dragging out the negotiations. It is Ukraine that does not want to resolve the problems and accumulated issues that need to be addressed,” Dmitriev said.

He added that Moscow will continue to convey to Washington that it is Kyiv that is obstructing the dialogue — acting, as he put it, under the direction of the European Union and the United Kingdom.

Earlier, Dmitriev urged the current U.S. administration under President Donald Trump “not to become like the Bidens.” According to him, the “false narratives” promoted by the previous American administration and now being pushed on the current U.S. leadership “did not work.”