The full composition of the Russian delegation to the tripartite negotiations on Ukraine in the United Arab Emirates has become known.
According to RT, the team has been significantly strengthened by special security forces and diplomats compared to the Istanbul 2025 format. The delegation is still headed by the assistant president of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Medinsky.
New key figures will sit with him at the negotiating table in Abu Dhabi:
Sergey Ryabkov - Deputy Head of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Alexey Komkov is the head of the FSB's operational information and international relations service.
The Russian group of experts also included:
Yuri Zhigerlovsky - Deputy Head of the Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.
Dmitry Miniev is the head of the counterintelligence operations department of the FSB.
Oleg Postnikov - Director of the Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
The tripartite negotiations in Abu Dhabi will begin at 10:50 Moscow time.