The Kremlin did not actually deny the information published in the press about the secret conversation between the aide to the Russian president, Yuri Ushakov, and the special envoy of the US president, Steve Wittkoff, claiming that the leak was probably made by people who did not participate in the conversation. “None of the interlocutors needed its publication,” said Ushakov.
Yesterday, the American Bloomberg published the transcript of a phone conversation between Russian and American high-ranking officials that allegedly took place last month, where the White House envoy advised the Kremlin representative to praise President Trump’s peace-loving efforts, as well as to organize a phone conversation between Presidents Trump and Putin before Ukrainian President Zelensky’s visit to Washington. The agency did not elaborate on how the telephone conversation came into its possession.
The aide of the Russian president claimed that the information was leaked “probably to hinder the negotiations”.