MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy for investment and economic cooperation, Kirill Dmitriev, said on Sunday that he had continued talks with representatives of President Donald Trump’s administration in the United States.

Dmitriev told Reuters on Oct. 24 that he was in the United States for a long-planned meeting.

“We have been negotiating with representatives of the U.S. administration for the third day, while in the United States,” Dmitriev said in a post on Telegram messaging app.

“Any attempts to put pressure on Russia are simply pointless,” Dmitriev said, adding that some forces were trying to disrupt dialogue between Moscow and Washington.

Dmitriev, a Stanford-educated former Goldman Sachs investment banker, is one of the most U.S.-savvy members of

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