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MOSCOW, RUSSIA (NOV. 20, 2025) (ANADOLU-ACCESS ALL)

1. KIRIIL DMITRIEV, RUSSIA' SPECIAL ENVOY,SPEAKING (Russian) AT CONFERENCE MOSCOW, RUSSIA - NOV. 20, 2025: Russia’s special presidential envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, said on Thursday (Nov. 20) that Europe’s attempt to isolate Moscow had failed, arguing that the continent lost $1.4 trillion by abandoning Russian natural gas.

Dmitriev, who also heads the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), told the AI Journey
forum in Moscow that the decision had dealt “significant and negative” damage to European industry.

The G7 countries and the European Union have imposed a price cap on Russian oil. In response, Russia increased sales of oil to countries such as China and India.

The 27-member bloc has pledged completely phase out imports of Russian oil and gas by Jan. 1, 2028.

Russia started its "special military operation" in Ukraine in February 2022 to "denazify" and "demilitarize" Ukraine.

According to its memorandum for the settlement of the conflict, Moscow has demanded a ban on Kyiv joining military alliances and withdrawal of Ukraine's troops from Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson, the regions it annexed after a referendum in September 2022, among others.

Ukraine has called the terms an "ultimatum" and has called for a ceasefire as a prerequisite for meaningful talks.