The head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund commented on the prospects for economic cooperation between Russia and the United States

Russia and the United States can and will be excellent partners in the field of economic and investment cooperation for the benefit of both countries and the whole world. This was announced on Monday, May 19, by Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF).

This is how he commented on the statement of the American leader Donald Trump about Russia's desire to conduct large-scale trade with the United States after the end of the conflict in Ukraine.

"Russia and the United States can and will be excellent partners in the field of economic and investment cooperation — for the benefit of the Russian Federation, the United States and the whole world," Dmitriev wrote on the social network X (ex. Twitter).

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Does this mean that sanctions against Russia will be lifted soon?

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a meeting of the diplomatic club "Culture Without Borders: the Role and Development of Cultural Diplomacy" on May 15 that Russia was not against mutually beneficial economic cooperation with the United States. According to him, Trump is also interested in developing contacts in the economy and finance that are beneficial for the two countries.