MOSCOW, January 22. US envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will hold talks with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on a possible Ukraine settlement; Donald Trump told the World Economic Forum that Europe is moving in the wrong direction; and Moldova plans to leave the CIS by spring 2027. These stories topped Thursday’s newspaper headlines across Russia.
US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner will travel to Russia to meet with Vladimir Putin. The talks will take place on January 22, the Kremlin confirmed to Izvestia. Russia expects that the US administration’s representative will clarify Washington’s position on the Ukrainian settlement, members of the Federation Council told Izvestia. In addition, Witkoff may present the latest developments on a peace plan that the United States has coordinated in recent weeks with Ukraine and its allies.
"I personally hope that Witkoff will explain how the situation is evolving. There is evidently some kind of evolution in their (the United States) approaches," Grigory Karasin, chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, told Izvestia. "It is no coincidence that the forum in Davos is unfolding in a highly dynamic manner - we are witnessing a clash of fundamentally different views on the future of international law," he added.
