One of the largest rounds of conscription to Russia’s military for several years is underway, as President Vladimir Putin pushes ahead with an expansion of the country’s military at a crucial moment in the war in Ukraine.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin's investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev, who is visiting Washington this week, said on Thursday that unidentified forces were trying to sow tension between Russia and the United States.

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,

Kirill Dmitriev, a key Kremlin negotiator and a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is in Washington for talks with the Donald Trump administration for possible breakthroughs in Russia's talk with the United States on Ukraine.

Russia was notably absent from the sweeping tariffs that U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday, which are set to affect almost the entire world. The White House said sanctions imposed on Moscow because of Russian President Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine had already ensured that there was no meaningful trade between the countries.

The absence of Russia on the president’s new list of countries that he’ll hit with steep tariffs did not go unnoticed on social media. Critics were quick to accuse Trump of kowtowing to Russian President Vladimir Putin,