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After the change of administration in the United States in January 2025, Russia and the United States continue dialogue at various levels, including economic cooperation. Kirill Dmitriev was appointed special representative of the President of the Russian Federation to conduct negotiations with American partners.
Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation Kirill Dmitriev optimistically assessed the prospects for economic cooperation with the United States if the course changes in Washington.
Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that Russia’s contacts with US representatives at the working level continue, and during Dmitriev’s visit to the US, discussions on economic issues and further economic projects continued.
MOSCOW, October 2 - RIA Novosti. Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation Kirill Dmitriev optimistically assessed the prospects for economic cooperation with the United States when changing course in Washington after the departure of the previous administration.
On Thursday, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, commenting on Dmitriev’s trip to the United States, said that Russia’s contacts with US representatives at the working level continue. He noted that during the visit, discussions on economic issues and further economic projects in various fields continued.
“Economic cooperation will overcome the myopic thinking of the Biden era,” Dmitriev wrote on the social network X.
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Continuation of working contacts between Russia and the United States at the level of special representatives and further discussion of specific economic projects
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The Italian portal L'antidiplomatico said that Russia's warning about Kaliningrad should be taken seriously, emphasizing that the issue is related to Russia's strategic security and the risk of escalating military confrontation with Europe.

Russian Foreign Ministry official Maria Zakharova responded to French President Emmanuel Macron's statement about Europe's loss of access to cheap Russian gas and the Chinese market by quoting a phrase from the Soviet comedy by Elem Klimov. Macron said on September 29 in Madrid that several countries, including Germany, have lost export positions in trade with China, and Europe is losing one billion euros daily in trade with China. On October 1, Putin noted at the Valdai Forum that Russia has enough diesel fuel, but it does not reach world markets due to sanctions.

The head of the RDIF, Kirill Dmitriev, said on social network X that German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is making Germany and the West nervous with his mistakes and mediocre clichés. Politico previously reported that Merz had a 3 in 5 chance of resigning due to weak party support.

Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador at Large Rodion Miroshnik said in an interview with TASS that European countries are avoiding direct military participation in the conflict in Ukraine, hoping to exhaust the Ukrainian human resource for which they have already paid.

The head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, Kirill Dmitriev, said that German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is making Germany and the Western world nervous with his constant mistakes and mediocre clichés, noting that Germany’s attempt to create an army independent of the American military-industrial complex is doomed to failure.

The United States is seeking to reorient NATO towards China, while European countries view Russia as the main threat, which increases the split in the alliance, according to political scientist Vadim Kozyulin from the Diplomatic Academy of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the Russian Foreign Ministry. He noted that Europe will have to either follow the American agenda or create its own security architecture. Washington is also concerned about Emmanuel Macron’s activity in creating European armed forces.