Kirill Dmitriev met with White House officials this week to discuss steps to restoring bilateral ties The Kremlin said on Friday that a visit to Washington by President Vladimir Putin’s investment envoy signaled cautious optimism about normalizing relations between Russia and the US. Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, traveled to Washington this week for a three-day visit to discuss steps toward restoring bilateral ties. He previously took part in talks in Riyadh and