The Kremlin is using its negotiator Kirill Dmitriev to convince the White House of the economic benefits of normalizing relations between russia and the United States without entering into peace talks with Ukraine.
This is stated in a report by analysts from the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
On October 16 and 17, Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and a key Kremlin negotiator, published a series of English-language posts on the X social network to advertise possible joint US-russian economic cooperation.
According to ISW, Dmitriev is acting as an agent of the Kremlin to strengthen relations with the Donald Trump administration.
On October 17, the head of the russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, once again emphasized that russia would perceive the transfer of American Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine as a hostile step that would threaten global security.
Naryshkin repeated the Kremlin's theses that European states that support the provision of Tomahawks to Ukraine are a "war party" that opposes a lasting and just peace.
Kremlin dictator vladimir putin and his henchmen have repeatedly said that the Tomahawks will lead to an escalation of the war.
ISW emphasizes that constant hidden and overt threats from Moscow, including nuclear weapons, have now turned into offers of economic incentives to deter the provision of military assistance to Ukraine.
ISW analysts believe that the receipt of Tomahawks by Ukraine will not lead to a significant escalation of the war. On the contrary, the supply of long-range Tomahawks would be a mirror image of russia's use of its cruise missiles against Ukraine.
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