{
  "id": 4680907,
  "title": "U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent and Russian Finance Minister Siluanov met at the G20 to talk about ending the war in Ukraine. Sources say they also talked about doing business again.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/u-s-treasury-secretary-bessent-and-russian-finance-minister-siluanov",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-31T16:56:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/31/u-s-treasury-secretary-bessent-and-russian-finance-minister-siluanov-met-at-the-g20-to-talk-about-ending-the-war-in-ukraine-sources-say-they-also-talked-about-doing-business-again"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov convened at the G20 summit in Asheville, North Carolina to discuss potential ways to end the war in Ukraine. Lawrence reported that their conversation also touched upon the prospect of resuming economic cooperation between the two nations. However, Siluanov's attendance at the summit was met with objections from European governments, with Germany's vice chancellor and finance minister Lars Klingbeil and his European counterparts threatening to boycott the traditional group photo if Siluanov participated. Despite this, Siluanov did not appear in the group photo, marking his first in-person attendance at a G20 meeting since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The U.S. did not provide any prior notice of Bessent's meeting with Siluanov.",
  "summary": "U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, according to Fox Business correspondent Edward Lawrence, NBC correspondent Julie Tsirkin, and CNBC correspondent Megan Cassella.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "America 'not at war' with Canada, insists U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/america-not-at-war-with-canada-insists-u-s-treasury-secretary-scott",
        "published": "2026-08-12T19:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "FXStreet",
        "title": "US Treasury Secretary Bessent says Oil prices to fall, Yen to strengthen",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/us-treasury-secretary-bessent-says-oil-prices-to-fall-yen-to",
        "published": "2026-08-31T15:05:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Iran could face economic collapse in months, US Treasury’s Bessent warns",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/iran-could-face-economic-collapse-in-months-us-treasurys-bessent-warns",
        "published": "2026-08-31T17:04:24.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}