{
  "id": 19516540,
  "title": "Who represented Russia at the Abu Dhabi peace talks? Meet the FSB officers, military officials, and diplomats in Moscow’s delegation.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/who-represented-russia-at-the-abu-dhabi-peace-talks-meet-the-fsb",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-11T15:54:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/11/11/who-represented-russia-at-the-abu-dhabi-peace-talks-meet-the-fsb-officers-military-officials-and-diplomats-in-moscow-s-delegation"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Russia's negotiating team at the US-Ukraine peace talks in Abu Dhabi from November 10-11 comprised five key delegation members and six experts. The delegation's make-up remained confidential until media outlets reported on it. The head of the delegation was presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, a former lawmaker, culture minister, and head of the Russian Military Historical Society. Deputy foreign minister Mikhail Galuzin had been involved in talks since 2025 and oversaw relations with CIS countries. First-time participant Sergei Ryabkov, deputy foreign minister, focused on U.S., Canada, Latin America, BRICS, and arms control relations. Alexey Komkov, head of the FSB's operational information and international relations department, joined the talks for the first time. Head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Igor Kostyukov, faced U.S. and EU sanctions. First-time FSB deputy head Dmitry Minaev, head of the Counterintelligence Operations Department, was among the negotiators. This was Minaev's first appearance at the talks, which included discussions of prisoner exchanges. Deputy head of the General Staff’s Main Operational Directorate, Yuri Zhigarlovsky, had previously participated in trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine, and the U.S. in January 2026.",
  "summary": "Russia’s negotiating group at the talks with the US and Ukraine, held in Abu Dhabi on November 10–11, included five members of the main delegation and six experts. The composition of the delegation and each participant’s role were never officially announced — on the eve of the talks, state and pro-Kremlin media outlets, citing sources, published a list of Russia’s representatives. Several members…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 6,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Moscow Times",
        "title": "Russia and Ukraine Wrap Up Final Day of Abu Dhabi Peace Talks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/russia-and-ukraine-wrap-up-final-day-of-abu-dhabi-peace-talks",
        "published": "2026-11-11T08:58:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Voice of Ukraine",
        "title": "Ukraine, Russia end tough Abu Dhabi talks with prisoner exchange agreement",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/ukraine-russia-end-tough-abu-dhabi-talks-with-prisoner-exchange",
        "published": "2026-11-11T14:50:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Russia, Ukraine agree on prisoner exchange as talks end without major breakthrough",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/russia-ukraine-agree-on-prisoner-exchange-as-talks-end-without-major",
        "published": "2026-11-11T14:54:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Russia's negotiator on Ukraine rejects option of territorial swaps with Kyiv, TASS reports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/russias-negotiator-on-ukraine-rejects-option-of-territorial-swaps",
        "published": "2026-11-11T15:46:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Kyiv Independent",
        "title": "Russia strikes 6 major power substations, causing outages across Ukraine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/russia-strikes-6-major-power-substations-causing-outages-across",
        "published": "2026-11-11T15:56:40.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}