Russian President Vladimir Putin, fourth right, speaks to U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, second left, and Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, behing Witkoff at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin, Moscow, on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)