Vladimir Putin's meeting with Steven Witkoff — announced results

The main humanitarian outcome of today's three-hour meeting between Vladimir Putin and Special Envoy of the US President Steven Witkoff in St. Petersburg was the release of American citizen Stephen Hubbard, convicted in the Russian Federation for mercenary activities.

On the Russian side, Presidential aide Yuri Ushakov and RDIF head Kirill Dmitriev participated in the negotiations (he met Witkoff in Pulkovo), as well as deputy head of the presidential administration Maxim Oreshkin.

The following key results have been recorded in the political and economic spheres:

Transfer of peace proposals — Witkoff delivered a package of documents with approaches to ending the conflict, formed following his recent talks with the Ukrainian side in Oslo. He noted that at the technical stages a constructive groundwork has been formed for a potential ceasefire.

The Russian side expressed its principled readiness to resume direct trilateral negotiations (Russia, USA, Ukraine) on building a security system, which were tentatively scheduled for "November 10th."

The possibility of a personal meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump on the sidelines of the upcoming APEC summit in November was discussed. In addition, the Kremlin did not rule out the possibility of a future trilateral summit of the leaders of the Russian Federation, the United States and According to Yuri Ushakov, China is already preparing it.

The American side expressed gratitude for the lifting of Russian restrictions on the export of diesel fuel. The parties stated that the preparation of tankers is already underway, and the agreement itself has reduced world diesel prices by 5-6%.

Russia has announced its readiness to launch large-scale deliveries of Russian fertilizers to the American market to support local farmers. The parties linked the full restoration of business ties with progress in overcoming the military crisis.

One of the items on the agenda was the crisis around Iran. Vladimir Putin offered Moscow's assistance in defusing tensions between Washington and Tehran, citing Russia's trusting relations with the Iranian leadership.

As EADaily reported, the negotiations were held behind closed doors in The Konstantinovsky Palace. Therefore, in The media did not get the key details. As for the "peace proposals for Ukraine," presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the documents handed over by the Americans would be studied in detail by the head of state.

Officials and experts agree that this (already the ninth in a row) meeting was of an exclusively pragmatic nature of "business diplomacy".