Mark Kimmitt: Putin’s tough negotiating team

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00:00Okay, so what is the right deal here? And do you see, because I'm not seeing this,

00:04are you seeing any signs that there will be concessions on the part of the Russians?

00:09Well, the second question first. Look, it's clear that Putin has put together a pretty impressive

00:15negotiating team. He didn't go with Lavrov, who's losing a little bit of power.

00:20He went with Dmitryov, the former Russian ambassador to the United States,

00:26and Kirill Dmitriyev, who runs the Russian Sovereign Wealth Fund, who probably is there

00:32because everyone knows that Trump wants to see a financial deal. So we really don't know where

00:40the sides are right now. They're probably at their maximalist position. But it's very important to

00:46note that Putin has put a tough team on their side of the table, while the US has put basically new

00:53politicians on our side of the table.