Dmitriev, Who Failed His Visit To The US, Took Offense At An American Newspaper
- 29.10.2025, 13:08
And he decided to sue The Washington Post.
Putin's special envoy for economic cooperation with foreign countries and the head of RDIF Kirill Dmitriev announced his intention to sue the American newspaper The Washington Post over an "inaccurate quote," writes The Moscow Times.
On October 18, the publication published a story about a phone conversation between Russian and U.S. Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, in which Dmitriev was credited with saying, "The outcome of [Ukrainian President Vladimir] Zelensky's tour is in one sentence - Putin has outplayed everyone again." The newspaper referred to Dmitriev's Telegram channel, in which he reposted a post by the channel's Pool No. 3 that began with these words.
Afterward, the Russian president's special envoy said that this was "another telling case of distortion of the truth from the fake The Washington Post." Dmitriev demanded that the newspaper correct the quote, apologize to him and conduct an internal investigation. However, after nearly two weeks, the publication has not changed the quote. "We're going to file an application with the court. We gave them enough time," Dmitriev wrote on social network X on October 29. The newspaper reacted and made a clarification. Putin's special representative then demanded that the corrections be published in the next print edition. He also noted that he was still waiting for an apology.
In the time since The Washington Post article was published, Trump has canceled a previously announced meeting with Putin in Budapest and imposed sanctions on Russia's two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil. He did this because of Putin's refusal to stop the war on the current line of contact. Dmitry flew to Washington for talks with the Trump administration. However, it was not possible for Putin's special envoy to agree on anything: none of the people making decisions were in Washington during his visit, The Telegraph wrote. Moreover, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called Dmitriev a "Russian propagandist" for saying that U.S. sanctions would have no effect on Russia.
After the visit, Dmitriev said that he "very clearly" conveyed Putin's position to the U.S. that "only constructive and respectful dialog will bear fruit." Also, he said, he conveyed to the U.S. side information about the successful tests of the Burevestnik missile, which Putin had earlier described.