Beseda and Karasin begin on Monday to negotiate an agreement to Ukraine with Andrew Peek, senior director of the White House National Security Council, and Michael Anton, a high US State Department official
Russian President Vladimir Putin elected two veterans for ceasefire negotiations with the United States that starting Monday in Riade, Saudi Arabia. Sergey Beseda is spy and Grigory Karasin Diplomat and both have been the target of western sanctions since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
“They are genuinely experienced negotiators who know international problems well,” said Yury Ushakov, Russian presidential assistant for international affairs, quoted by Newsweek.
Sergey Beseda, 70, is a counselor of the head of the Federal Security Service of Russia, but has been in this body for almost two decades – which was not always like the Kremlin. According to, Beseda was involved in the preparations for secret services of Russian information for the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, having lost the confidence of Vladimir Putin for bad and strategic calculations of Kiev – which earned him a conviction with house arrest and then effective arrest, as reported.
Diplomat Grigory Karasin, 75, has in his curriculum the position of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Russian ambassador in the United Kingdom. Currently, says Reuters, he is a member of the Federation Council, the Russian High Chamber of Parliament, and chairs the International Affairs Committee, focusing on his.
Beseda and Karasin begin Monday to negotiate a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine with Andrew Peek, senior director of the White House National Security Council, and Michael Anton, a high employee of the United States State Department.
The US delegation was on Sunday with the Kiev negotiating team and on the table were the steps for an extended ceasefire agreement in Ukrainian territory, although Washington seeks a separate maritime ceasefire agreement before reaching a broader agreement in Ukraine. Ukraine Defense Minister Rustem Umarov, who is also the leader of the Kiev delegation in this negotiation process, said conversations between the US and Ukraine included proposals to protect energy facilities and critical infrastructures.
Negotiations are, however, in a context of great skepticism in Europe, with several countries showing doubts about whether Vladimir Putin is, in fact, willing to make significant concessions or whether they will maintain their demands, especially with regard to Ukrainian territories already attached.
