The lifting of restrictions against Moscow is in Washington’s economic interest, Kirill Dmitriev has insisted A report by The Economist about a Russian offer to the US of $12 trillion in deals in exchange for sanctions relief is “fake news,” Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, has said. Since returning to the White House more than a year ago, Trump has repeatedly said he wants to do business with Moscow and teased “enormous economic deals” between the two