The political scientist explained Witkoff's frequent visits to Russia

The frequent visits of the special envoy of the President of the United States, Steve Witkoff, to Russia indicate the desire of the Donald Trump administration to establish contacts and build a positive dialogue. This is the assumption of a political scientist, adviser to the director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies (RISS) Ilya Kravchenko did it on Friday, April 25.

"The current head of state is still demonstrating a willingness to build a positive dialogue, at least trying not to destroy the ties that were dropped under [former US President Joe] Biden, and contacts and uses his special representatives," Kravchenko said in an interview with Lenta.Ru .

According to the political scientist, the American practice of using special representatives demonstrates the intention to promptly resolve issues without involving the bureaucratic apparatus of the US State Department.

"Nevertheless, this is really an attempt to understand, at least, our position more precisely, more thoroughly in connection with the Ukrainian crisis. And in general, try to find common ground for the further development of bilateral relations," he concluded.

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Earlier in the day, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said after the meeting between Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Witkoff that a productive Russian-American dialogue would continue to take place in the most active mode, RT reports.

He added that a three-hour constructive conversation took place between Putin and Witkoff, which made it possible to further bring the positions of Russia and the United States closer not only on Ukraine, but also on a number of other international issues. 360.ru .

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov informed about the start of negotiations on April 25, reports NSN. Later, a video of the meeting between the Russian leader and Witkoff appeared on the Kremlin's Telegram channel. The parties began with a brief exchange of greetings in English. Later, the motorcade, in which Witkoff was supposedly staying, left the Kremlin.

Prior to that, the meeting between Putin and Witkoff took place on April 11 in St. Petersburg. Before the start of the talks, Peskov called the meeting between Putin and Witkoff a good opportunity to convey to Trump the point of view of the Russian side.