Politics● ElevatedOct 29 · Oct 29, 2026, 5:45 PM
The US Once Called It 'A Slush Fund For Putin.' Now Washington May Lift Sanctions On It.
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from RFE/RL · global
Amid the swirl of efforts to end to the Ukraine war and normalize US-Russian ties, one idea under consideration: lifting sanctions on a massive Russian investment fund, whose chief is the Kremlin’s main go-between with White House negotiators. What is the Russian Direct Investment Fund anyway?
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