Kirill Dmitriev’s Path From Kyiv Pro-Democrat to Kremlin Hardliner Negotiator
Kirill Dmitriev, the 50-year-old Russian financier and lead negotiator, is under fire for authoring a peace plan that largely repeats Russia\’s maximalist demands. Despite his childhood as a purported Kyiv pro-democracy protester, Dmitriev now spearheads Moscow\’s economic statecraft, drawing a sharp rebuke from US Treasury officials and condemnation from Ukraine, which has sanctioned him for alleged crimes.





