Russia’s top economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev arrived in the United States for talks with the Donald Trump administration- just days after Washington unveiled sweeping new sanctions on Moscow’s energy sector, CNN reported citing sources in the know.

Kirill Dmitriev, the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund (RDIF) and a special envoy for the Kremlin, is expected to meet senior US officials to “continue discussions about the US-Russia relationship," the report claimed. The visit marks a rare high-level exchange between Washington and Moscow at a time of escalating diplomatic and economic tensions.

The trip comes only days after Donald Trump imposed tough sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies- Rosneft and Lukoil- over the Kremlin’s continued military campaign in Ukraine. The sanct

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