Russia is urging that details of the understandings discussed during U.S.-Russia talks in Alaska in August 2025 not be made public. That meeting brought together Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin says future negotiations should be conducted behind closed doors, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told state-run RIA Novosti.
He emphasized that Moscow does not intend to share details of any understandings publicly.
“Indeed, there are a number of understandings that were reached in Anchorage (a city in Alaska), which were voiced even before Anchorage, during the visit here by Mr. Witkoff (Donald Trump’s special representative for Middle East affairs). And after that, the need for a summit meeting arose,” Peskov said.
He added that the Kremlin plans to keep subsequent discussions private rather than engage in “public, megaphone diplomacy.”
Russia considers the understandings reached during the Alaska summit to be fundamental and a basis for potential progress, Peskov suggested.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed the United States initially proposed understandings to end the war in Ukraine but has since backed away from them. He said he was referring to the Anchorage summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.
Before that, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said the agreement resulting from the Alaska talks already allegedly included compromises from the Kremlin.
In the early hours of Saturday, August 16, talks were held in Alaska between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Focus examined whether the meeting brought peace in Ukraine any closer and how events might unfold next.
The Kremlin assessed the leaders’ meeting positively. Afterward, Peskov said the conversation would allow Moscow to “move forward confidently” in seeking ways to resolve the Russia-Ukraine war.
