U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Dec. 2, the Kremlin has said.
“Yes, the meeting with Witkoff is indeed planned for tomorrow. He himself mentioned this yesterday,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Dec. 1, according to Russian state news agency TASS. “The president will also have several closed-door meetings today in preparation for tomorrow’s Russia–US contacts.”
Witkoff and Putin last met in August.
Russian Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik said that the departure of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, in the midst of a corruption probe in Kyiv was unlikely to have a “negative impact” on discussions, from a Russian perspective….
Witkoff to Meet Putin in Moscow on Tuesday: Russia
