The key facts

  • The Putin–Witkoff meeting took place on October 21 in St. Petersburg and lasted about three hours
  • Kirill Dmitriev called the talks very productive
  • Witkoff brought documents with the results of the meeting in Oslo; Kushner joined via video conference

Meeting in St. Petersburg

On October 21, President of Russia Vladimir Putin met with the special envoy of the US leader Steve Witkoff in St. Petersburg. According to the president's press secretary Dmitry Peskov, the talks lasted about three hours, after which Witkoff left the Konstantinovsky Palace.

Dmitriev's assessment

Special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries, head of the RDIF Kirill Dmitriev called the meeting productive on the social network X: “A very productive meeting in St. Petersburg,” he wrote.

Course of the talks

In the open part of the talks, Putin emphasized Russia's interest in restoring economic cooperation with the US and asked about the results of the talks in Norway. Witkoff said he had brought special documents with the results of the meeting with European and Ukrainian representatives in Oslo.

Ninth visit and Kushner's participation

This is already Witkoff's ninth visit to Russia. The US president's son-in-law Jared Kushner was unable to attend in person due to illness, but joined the talks via video conference.