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Kremlin declines comment on report that Ukraine talks are linked to multi-billion dollar oil deal

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October 5, 20264:39 AM CDTUpdated 4 hours ago

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MOSCOW, Oct 5 (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Monday declined to ​comment on a New ‌York Times report that US-Russia talks on ending ​the war in ​Ukraine have expanded to include ⁠a multibillion-dollar oil ​deal.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, ​however, that energy cooperation was a topic of discussion ​between Russian and US ​negotiators.

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The proposed deal, the New ‌York ⁠Times reported on the weekend, would benefit Middle Eastern business executives with ​ties ​to ⁠US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared ​Kushner, who have travelled ​multiple ⁠times to Moscow to meet with Russian ⁠President ​Vladimir Putin.

Reporting by ​Dmitry Antonov; Writing by Lucy Papachristou; ​editing by Vladimir Soldatkin

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