Dmitriev told U.S. delegates about losses of U.S. businesses from leaving Russia

Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), told US representatives about the losses of American business from the withdrawal from the Russian market at the talks in Riyadh. Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said on February 18.

"Interesting: our third still participant was Kirill Dmitriev, he outlined interesting facts that show how much American firms have lost because they stopped cooperating with Russia for these years," Ushakov said on air of the Rossiya-1 TV channel.

He noted that Dmitriev's explanations sounded very convincing. The participants of the meeting discussed economic issues after the break.

The Russian presidential aide shared that the discussion at the talks was natural and conducted in a business-like manner, partly the parties communicated in English, and the rest of the time there was translation.

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Themeeting between the Russian and United States delegations took place at one of the royal family palaces in Riyadh earlier in the day. Moscow was represented by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Ushakov and Dmitriev. On Washington's side, the meeting was attended by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. Presidential National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and the U.S. leader's special envoy to the Middle East, Steven Whitkoff.

Dmitriev said that American business has lost more than $300 billion due to the withdrawal from the Russian market, and therefore it is important for Washington to establish economic contacts with Moscow. The RDIF CEO emphasized that the Russian market is very attractive, and the restoration of dialog will help solve a large number of global tasks and problems.