📰 1 source 3 articles · 20 Oct 2026, 12:32 → 2 hours ago

Kremlin hopes for a near meeting between Witkoff and Putin in Russia as the US envoy's visit looms

The Kremlin expressed hope that a meeting in Russia between US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin could be arranged soon, before Russia's TASS agency reported that Witkoff will visit Russia tomorrow. Reports indicate the visit follows Witkoff's meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and that he is carrying a new initiative within international mediation on the Ukraine file.

📍 Where things stand: Witkoff's expected visit to Russia has not yet begun, and no details have been announced about its programme or the level of the meetings.

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20 Oct 2026, 12:32 The Kremlin expressed hope that a meeting in Russia could be arranged in the near future between US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
20 Oct 2026, 21:35 Russia's TASS agency reported that US envoy Steve Witkoff will visit Russia tomorrow, without further details on the visit's programme or level, in a step related to US diplomatic moves toward Moscow.
20 Oct 2026, 21:56 Reports said that US envoy Steve Witkoff is heading to Russia carrying a new initiative, after his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in a step related to the course of international mediation on the Ukraine file.

Timeline written by AI from the sources below; updated as new reports arrive.

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