Putin's Envoy Confirms Economic Talks with US, Focus on Global Energy Crisis

On March 12, 2026, Russian Presidential Special Representative Dmitriev confirmed that he visited the United States on Vladimir Putin's instruction and held Russian-US economic working group meetings, discussing cooperative projects that could help restore bilateral relations and exchanging views on the current global energy market crisis.

Dmitriev stated on social media that many countries, particularly the US, are now beginning to more clearly recognize the critical and systemic role Russian oil and gas play in maintaining global economic stability. The meetings follow through on the December 2025 Putin-Trump phone consensus to establish security and economic working groups aimed at facilitating a peaceful resolution to the Ukraine conflict.