Witkoff and Kushner to Meet Putin for Peace Talks: Kremlin

Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) greet one another prior to talks in Moscow, Russia, on April 25, 2025. Kristina Kormilitsyna/Pool/AFP via Getty ImagesU.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin confirmed on Dec. 2.“The Russian–American meeting will begin after 5 PM Moscow time. Putin will meet with Mr. Witkoff, the chief American negotiator on Ukrainian affairs, who will be arriving in the Kremlin. Kushner will also be with him. A conversation will take place,” Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said, according to Russian state-run news agency TASS.