TRUMP TEAM IS GREATNESS. President Donald Trump and his negotiating team are “great problem-solvers,” Russia’s sovereign wealth fund chief Kirill Dmitriev, who is in Saudi Arabia for bilateral talks with the United States, told CNN’s Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Matthew Chance on Monday. Talks between the US and Russia over the war in Ukraine are set to begin Tuesday. However, Dmitriev said he has already met with several members of the Trump team in Riyadh. “All I can say is they’re great problem-solvers. And I think President Trump is a great problem-solver,” he said. Dmitriev said that the US negotiators have not yet made direct promises with their Russian counterparts. “I think the promise is: let’s have dialogue, let’s figure out the best solution for our countries, for other countries, for the global community,” he said. He also denied that Russia primarily sought to alleviate the sanctions faced by the country and asserted that the US and Russian economies could both benefit from working together. “I think it’s very important to build bridges. I think US-Russia relations are very important for the world,” he said. More on the Russian negotiator: Dmitriev was tapped by the Kremlin to focus on restoring economic ties between the US and Russia as the two sides attempt to forge a Russia-Ukraine peace agreement, according to sources with knowledge of the appointment. Recently, Dmitriev worked closely with US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff