What We Know About Vladimir Putin's Relationship With Jared Kushner
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Summary
U.S. envoy Jared Kushner is due to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, after earlier meetings this year failed to resolve major disagreements over Ukraine’s territory. U.S.-led talks in Abu Dhabi produced an agreement on a prisoner swap but no broader breakthrough, and the article says neither Ukraine nor Russia is ready to give up its territorial claims.Key Facts
- The article describes Thursday’s Moscow meeting as Kushner’s fourth meeting with Putin this year.
- Kushner and envoy Steve Witkoff met Putin at the Kremlin on January 22 for about four hours.
- Kushner and Witkoff met Putin again at the Kremlin on September 5 for about three hours, followed by dinner.
- At an October 21 meeting with Putin in St. Petersburg, Witkoff attended in person and Kushner joined virtually.
- Putin has continued to demand that Ukraine withdraw from the Donbas region; Kyiv rejects that concession.
- Russia agreed to take part in U.S.-Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi after the January meeting.
- The Abu Dhabi talks ended without a wider breakthrough, but the delegations agreed to a prisoner swap.
- After the September meeting, Putin said he found it comfortable to work with Kushner and Witkoff and described their contacts as beneficial.
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