Kirill Dmitriev
CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund
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| April 2025 | Dmitriev participated in negotiations concerning the war in Ukraine and US-Russia economic relations, meeting multiple times with American envoy Steve Witkoff. |
| March 2025 | Goldman Sachs becomes the first major American financial institution to offer ruble-linked derivatives to investors since 2022 sanctions, coinciding with Russian President Vladimir Putin's decree allowing selected American investment funds to liquidate or transfer their holdings in Russian securities. |
| February 23 2025 | Assumed the office of Special Presidential Envoy on Foreign Investment and Economic Cooperation. |
| February 2025 | Kirill Dmitriev attended the initial Ukrainian ceasefire talks, where he experienced visible tension with Sergey Lavrov, who denied him a seat at the negotiating table and had not formally accredited him through Putin. |
| February 2022 | Dmitriev and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) were sanctioned by the United States Treasury following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| February 2021 | Secured approval in Azerbaijan for a clinical trial combining Sputnik V and Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines in adults. |
| December 2020 | Finalized partnership between RDIF, Gamaleya Institute, and AstraZeneca to collaborate on COVID-19 vaccine development. |
| December 20 2020 | Received the Order of Friendship of Kazakhstan for special merits in developing friendly relations and cooperation between Kazakhstan and Russia. |
| November 23 2020 | Proposed a partnership with AstraZeneca via Twitter to improve vaccine efficacy by combining it with a component of Sputnik V. |
| May 14 2020 | Awarded the Commander of the Order of the Star of Italy for special achievements in developing friendly relations and cooperation between Italy and Russia. |
| April 16 2020 | Received the Order of Honour from the Russian Federation. |
| March 2020 | Collaborated with ChemRar Group to create a joint venture for producing Avifavir, the first officially registered anti-COVID-19 drug in Russia, which was exported to over 15 countries. |
| March 2020 | RDIF invested in a Russian-Japanese COVID-19 testing system that could detect the virus within 30 minutes, producing over 13 million testing kits for international use. |
| October 5 2019 | Awarded the King Abdulaziz Second-Class Order of Merit for his contribution to strengthening cooperation between the Russian Federation and Saudi Arabia. |
| February 2019 | Publicly defended Michael Calvey, founder of Baring Vostok Capital Partners, by appealing to Moscow City Court, Moscow's Basmanny District Court, and the Russian Investigative Committee to change his detention status to house arrest. |
| November 19 2018 | Received the Chevalier of the National Order of the Legion of Honour for his contribution to strengthening cooperation between Russia and France. |
| January 2018 | Announced divorce of Shamalov and Tikhonova, which impacted the social circle of Kirill Dmitriev and his wife Natalia Popova, who were close friends with the couple and had previously gone on holiday trips together. |
| June 12 2017 | Awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky by the Russian Federation. |
| January 2017 | Met with Erik Prince, George Nader, and UAE Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in the Seychelles, representing the Russian government during the Trump presidential transition. |
| 2016 | Reached out through a Lebanese-American intermediary to establish contact with the Trump campaign, seeking to connect with Donald Trump Jr. or Jared Kushner, and subsequently connected with Rick Gerson, a close friend of Kushner. |
| May 25 2015 | Received the Presidential Certificate of Honour from the Russian Federation. |
| 2014 | Became the Russian representative in the BRICS Business Council. |
| 2014 | Began cultivating a close relationship with Mohammed Bin Salman of Saudi Arabia. |
| 2013 | Served as Chairman of the B20s Investments and Infrastructure Taskforce during the Russian presidency of the G20. |
| November 2012 | Appointed Deputy Chairman of the Investment Council under the Chairman of the State Duma. |
| 2011 | Appointed as CEO of the newly created Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), with a mission to diversify the Russian economy and attract foreign investments. |
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