INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A senior Russian official involved in negotiations with Washington said on Sunday that Russia and the United States could reach out to each
other again as early as next week.Kirill Dmitriev, the Kremlin's international economy envoy, told Channel One television in an interview
that the next contact between the two sides could happen "already next week," the TASS news agency reported.Dmitriev, who is the head of
Ukraine.He told Russian journalists that he saw "positive dynamics" in the relationship.In his latest interview, however, Dmitriev said that
there are "undoubtedly still a large number of enemies of Russia in the American government.""So there is now a fragile hope that dialogue
has been restored," he said, while citing a need to counteract "information attacks."Dmitriev has played a key role in the rapprochement
between Russia and the United States, taking part in the first round of talks with United States President Donald Trump's officials in
Saudi Arabia in February.
