Who is Kirill Dmitriev, Russian President Vladimir Putin's investment envoy, who is reportedly heading to Washington for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration? Dmitriev, 49, the chief of Russia's sovereign wealth fund, the Russian Direct Investment Fund since 2011, was appointed in February as Putin's special envoy on international economic and investment cooperation. Dmitriev has regular meetings with Putin and is one of the most U.S.-savvy members of Russia's elite with close relations to some key members of the Trump team.