It smells everywhere. The Trump administration is considering lifting sanctions on the Russian Direct Investment Fund, the New York Times reports. A US official said the review was part of efforts to improve relations with Moscow and help end the war, praising the head of the fund Kirill Dmitriev as a useful mediator. The fund was sanctioned in 2022, with the Biden administration calling it Putin's "slush fund" and a symbol of Russia's broader kleptocracy.