Who Is Kirill Dmitriev and His Motives

The Trump administration is trying to sell its latest peace plan to Russia — and it's enlisted the help of former Russia hawk Marco Rubio.

This episode was produced by Kelli Wessinger, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Hady Mawajdeh and Miles Bryan, engineered by Patrick Boyd and David Tatasciore, and hosted by Astead Herndon. 


Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the Oval Office of the White House. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images.

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