'''Kirill Dmitriev''' is the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF).
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'''Kirill Dmitriev''' is the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF). Dmitriev was appointed by [[Russian Federation]] [[President Vladimir Putin]] as a lead negotiator in the [[Russian]]-[[American]] rapprochement [[peace]] negotiations. According to [[journalist]] [[John Helmer]], the longest serving [[English]] [[language]] reporter in [[Moscow]], if Dmitriev can be successful in those negotiations it would position him well as a successor to Putin.