US and Russian officials are meeting in Saudi Arabia to lay the ground for talks about ending Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine ...

Then President Donald Trump spoke up. After cutting President Volodymyr Zelensky out of the first US talks with Russia on ...

The former banker—with stints at McKinsey & Co. and Goldman Sachs—has long cultivated a quiet role as a Kremlin emissary to President Trump’s team.

The Russian marauder has become an ostensible peace-maker in a month.

Mr Trump has no clear plan, and his options range from cutting off Ukraine to ramping up military aid and sanctions. The ...