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The meetings come amid diplomatic efforts involving representatives from the United States and European countries.
On September 5, Russian President Vladimir Putin met in the Kremlin with US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and the American leader’s son-in-law Jared Kushner; it lasted about three hours.
On September 6, US negotiators arrived in Kyiv by train from Poland. The Ukrainian TV channel TSN reported the completion of the official part of the negotiations, which took place in several stages, and later representatives of Great Britain, France and Germany joined them.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a meeting at MGIMO that relations between Russia and Western countries that existed before February 2022 cannot be restored, accusing the West of systematic lies.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated the need to move away from Western financial mechanisms and currencies imposed during the period of globalization, after Western countries introduced restrictions against Russia.

The first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense, Alexey Zhuravlev, proposed destroying factories producing components for Ukrainian UAVs, including in Europe, to protect Russian regions from drone attacks.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto views Russia as a key strategic partner. The head of the Indonesian Government Communications Agency, Muhammad Kodari, announced Jakarta's desire to take bilateral relations to a new level.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin ordered to analyze the effectiveness of forums financed from the state budget and submit proposals for their optimization by December 1. The initiative followed Valentina Matvienko’s criticism of the excessive number of such events.

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov described Vladimir Putin’s meeting with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner as a small step towards peace. The parties also discussed the prospects for bilateral Russian-American projects.