Kushner to travel to Moscow for Putin meeting after Abu Dhabi talks

The significance lies less in the Moscow trip itself than in the sequencing: a second day of trilateral talks described as difficult but substantive, followed immediately by a direct channel to Putin. That suggests the Abu Dhabi format is being used to test positions before a higher-level encounter, with Kushner acting as the conduit rather than a principal. For markets attuned to geopolitical risk, the relevant question is whether this track produces anything concrete, or remains an exchange of views. Whether the Moscow meeting yields a follow-up mechanism — rather than another round of talks — is the open question.