MOSCOW
\nA senior Russian official involved in negotiations with Washington said on Sunday that Russia and the United States could reach out to each other again as early as next week.
\nKirill Dmitriev, the Kremlin\u2019s international economy envoy, told Channel One television in an interview that the next contact between the two sides could happen \u201calready next week\u201d, the TASS news agency reported.
\nDmitriev, who is the head of Russia\u2019s sovereign wealth fund, visited Washington last week \u2014 the most senior Russian official to do so since Russia launched its military offensive in Ukraine.
\nHe told Russian journalists that he saw \u201cpositive dynamics\u201d in the relationship.
\nIn his latest interview, however, Dmitriev said that there are \u201cundoubtedly still a large number of enemies of Russia in the American government\u201d.
\n\u201cSo there is now a fragile hope that dialogue has been restored,\u201d he said, while citing a need to counteract \u201cinformation attacks\u201d.
\nDmitriev has played a key role in the rapprochement between Russia and the United States, taking part in the first round of talks with US President Donald Trump\u2019s officials in Saudi Arabia in February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MOSCOW A senior Russian official involved in negotiations with Washington said on Sunday that Russia and the United States could reach out to each other again as early as next week. Kirill Dmitriev, the Kremlin\u2019s international economy envoy, told Channel One television in an interview that the next contact between the two sides could happen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":471194,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-471171","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n