TASS-FACTBOX. On December 2, 2025, a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff will take place in the Kremlin.
The talks will focus on aspects of the Ukrainian settlement. This is the sixth meeting between Putin and Witkoff since the beginning of the year as Washington pushes to get a peace deal done, with its new plan to end the conflict in Ukraine to be at the center of Tuesday’s talks.
Witkoff became the first representative of the US administration to visit Russia after Donald Trump assumed office in January 2025. He officially came to Moscow on prisoner exchange business, as he took back to Washington US citizen Marc Fogel, convicted in Russia for drug smuggling and pardoned by the Russian president on the eve of the visit. As part of a swap, Alexander Vinnik – accused in the US of cyber crimes – returned to Russia.
Later, in an interview with CBS, Witkoff said he had met with Russian President Vladimir Putin during that trip. The Kremlin did not comment on this statement.
Witkoff was received by Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin. The Kremlin press service did not disclose the topics of the talks. According to Witkoff, the meeting lasted three to four hours, and he described it as "positive." Putin passed along a gift for the US president through him – a painting by artist Nikas Safronov depicting Donald Trump after the assassination attempt during his campaign speech in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024.
