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Russian news agencies reported that Putin told Witkoff he was interested in restoring economic ties with the United States.\nUkraine and its allies have voiced concerns that the U.S. is backing away from its support of Kyiv, and Trump has criticized Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries even as European leaders have lined up behind Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.\nRussia, citing Europe's wartime support for Ukraine and involvement in \"direct battlefield hostilities,\" has taken control of the local units of Swiss food group Nestle\u00a0and retailers Auchan and Metro since last month.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Last week, the Kremlin\u00a0seized control of the local assets of four smaller companies from France, Germany, Sweden and Belgium.\n\"Their country of origin was one of the factors taken into account in making the decision,\" Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, adding that these countries were involved in \"illegal expropriations of Russian property.\"\nNestle, which said in September it would take steps to protect its rights in Russia, declined to comment further. The other companies did not respond to requests for comment.\nA spokesperson for Switzerland's State Secretariat for Economic Affairs said that the available information supported the perception that more European than U.S. firms were being targeted.\nThe White House did not respond to a request for comment. Commenting on the report after its publication, the Kremlin said that U.S. companies were better treated than their European rivals because of Trump's efforts to achieve peace in Ukraine.\n\"The American administration is doing a lot to help bring about a peaceful settlement. The European capitals are doing nothing to help while doing a lot to prolong the military action,\" Peskov told reporters. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Russia's relations with the Trump administration, meanwhile, have warmed. The U.S. announced a deal this month to buy Russian diesel, and other deals, including those on gas, have been discussed at meetings in recent months.\nTrump also signed an executive order on Saturday waiving key sanctions and tariffs on Russian goods.\nRussian negotiator Kirill Dmitriev, a U.S.-educated investment banker who heads the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and has pushed in talks for the return and expansion of American firms, hailed the move as a \"historic moment.\"\nTrump's envoys Witkoff and Jared Kushner have used the prospect of multibillion-dollar deals with Russia as an incentive to push Putin toward a peaceful settlement since the start of peace talks in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, in February 2025.\nDmitriev said last week that\u00a0Russia and the U.S. would soon announce new joint initiatives that could move ahead before the war ends. The U.S. has previously signaled that deals are unlikely while the conflict continues.\nOne person familiar with the situation said that some Russian officials who do not support peace efforts could still push for the Kremlin to seize more American firms.\nThe RDIF's only current partnership with a U.S. company is a joint investment with New York-listed Titan International in a tire factory in Volgograd.\nAnother person familiar with the situation said Dmitriev has in private highlighted this as an example of a thriving U.S. business in Russia.\nTitan did not respond to a request for comment. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Trump's commitment to economic cooperation with Russia and ongoing talks have helped protect the interests of American companies, two U.S. businesspeople in Moscow said.\nAmerican Chamber of Commerce Russia President Robert Agee said in December last year that European firms in Russia were less optimistic than American ones, citing European foreign policy. The chamber estimates there are around 300 U.S. firms remaining in Russia.\n\"We have Trump, and they don't, and our hopes are linked to him,\" Agee told Russian media last year. Agee and the chamber declined to comment further for this story.\nRussia did target some mid-sized U.S. firms during its property redistribution drive after the start of the war. One report estimated\u00a0that the Kremlin seized more than $50 billion worth of private property from both Russian and foreign owners.\nThe European Commission in Brussels declined to comment on the number of EU firms being targeted relative to U.S. ones, but said the recent asset seizures were without due process and amounted to \"forced expropriation in all but name.\"\n\"This follows a clear pattern of economic retaliation,\" a Commission spokesperson told Reuters, adding that the moves showed \"Russia is not a safe environment for business.\"\n\"The EU has measures in place to respond. 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