俄罗斯总统普京的特使基里尔·德米特里耶夫预计将于周四（11月5日）抵达华盛顿，距离唐纳德·特朗普在中期选举中惨败仅48小时。为展示俄罗斯对美国总统持续的善意，这位投资基金高管原定与第一夫人梅拉尼娅·特朗普会面。官方说法称，德米特里耶夫将与乌克兰代表讨论由特朗普妻子主导的任务所引发的人道主义问题，该任务是在撤离遭受长期围困的乌克兰城市奥列什基的居民后展开的。
Vladimir Putin's envoy Kirill Dmitriev was expected in Washington on Thursday, November 5, barely 48 hours after Donald Trump's defeat in the midterm elections. In a gesture meant to show ongoing Russian goodwill toward the American president, the investment fund executive was scheduled to meet with First Lady Melania Trump. Officially, Dmitriev is to discuss with Ukrainian representatives the humanitarian issues arising from the mission led by Trump's wife after the evacuation of the beleaguered residents of the Ukrainian city of Oleshky, which had endured a long siege.
但在华盛顿，德米特里耶夫——特朗普政府渴望的俄美能源和金融“交易”的设计师——主要在幕后努力，争取解除美国对其基金——俄罗斯直接投资基金（RDIF）的制裁。美国此前曾将该基金定性为克里姆林宫的“小金库”。俄罗斯希望，民主党取得压倒性胜利、在参众两院均赢得多数席位，不会改变这位亿万富翁总统与莫斯科做生意的热情，哪怕这意味着无视乌克兰的命运。白宫周三在选举后于X平台发文提醒美国人这一现实：“公共服务公告：特朗普仍是你们的总统”
But in Washington, Dmitriev, architect of the Russian-American energy and financial "deals" coveted by the Trump administration, is mainly working behind the scenes to have United States' sanctions against his fund, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RIDF), lifted. The US had previously labeled the RIDF a Kremlin slush fund. Russia hoped that the overwhelming Democratic victory, with the party winning the majority of seats in both the Senate and the House, would not alter the billionaire's eagerness to do business with Moscow, even if it meant disregarding Ukraine's fate. The White House reminded Americans of this reality Wednesday on X, in the wake of the election: "PSA: Trump is still your president"