Moscow and Washington discuss the lifting of sanctions against RDIF President's aide Kirill Ushkov confirmed that the possibility of lifting sanctions against the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and its head Kirill Dmitriev has been discussed with America. Negotiations have been going on for some time, but their results are still unknown. According to the "New York Times", Russia associates this move with the progress of negotiations on the supply of diesel fuel to the United States.