Dmitriev pointed to attempts by the instigators of the conflict to disrupt the progress of the Russian Federation and the United States.

The instigators of the conflict are trying to disrupt the progress that Moscow and Washington have managed to achieve. This was announced on Thursday, March 19, by Kirill Dmitriev, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF).

"Instigators of conflict in deep states often rely on fake anonymous sources to slow down progress (Russia and the United States. — Ed.)," reads his post on the social network X (ex. Twitter).

Thus, Dmitriev agreed with the statement of Anna Paulina Luna, a member of the House of Representatives of the American Congress, who pointed to the emergence of a coordinated campaign to escalate tensions between the Russian and American sides.

Calm due to the storm: the Kremlin confirmed a pause in negotiations between Russia, the United States and Ukraine

However, Washington's war with Tehran may force Kiev to compromise.

A day earlier, Russian Ambassador to Switzerland Sergey Harmonin allowed a new round of negotiations on Ukraine, which may also take place in Geneva. On March 3, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, responding to a question from Izvestia, said that the understanding reached in Anchorage remained with the US presidential administration, Russia could confirm this.

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