The key facts

  • Peskov confirms Lantratova and Dmitriev will attend meeting with Melania Trump
  • On November 4 the Kremlin spoke of participation only with a caveat due to visas and logistics
  • The meeting is taking place with the mediation of the US First Lady, with Russian and Ukrainian representatives attending

Russian participation confirmed

Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that Russia will be represented at the meeting with US First Lady Melania Trump by Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova and the Russian president's special representative for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries, Kirill Dmitriev. Life.ru quotes him as saying.

From caveats to confirmation

As recently as November 4, the Kremlin had spoken about the delegation's participation only with a caveat: according to Peskov, not all of Lantratova's accompanying staff had managed to obtain US visas, so Russia's final presence depended on resolving organizational issues. Journalists at the briefing recalled this and asked whether the difficulties had been overcome — and Peskov confirmed the participation of both representatives. Thus, within a day the delegation's status changed from

Context of the meeting

The meeting, with the participation of Russian and Ukrainian representatives, is taking place with the mediation of the US First Lady. Earlier, her team took part in arranging a humanitarian mission in Alyoshky, Kherson region, during which the parties agreed on a temporary ceasefire to deliver aid and evacuate civilians. Life.ru previously wrote in a separate article about whom the Kremlin had planned to send to the meeting.