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Behind Trump's shift towards Russia, the lucrative business promises of Kirill Dmitriev, Putin's dealmaker

Le Monde29 October 2026, 16:31 UTCRussia

Kirill Dmitriev has been working to persuade the White House that peace in Ukraine must first come through commercial deals. Le Monde outlines two months that saw the new Russian-American partnership transform into an alliance against Kyiv, from Miami to Moscow.

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