Umerov: 'Wonder' Dealmaker From Crimea Leading Ukraine Peace Talks

Fuente: International Business Times

Umerov has already spearheaded some of Ukraine's most sensitive missions AFP Rustem Umerov, who heads Ukraine's delegation at peace talks with Russia on Friday, is a skilled and pragmatic negotiator, hailed by his colleagues as a worker of diplomatic "wonders". The 43-year-old former businessman became defence minister in 2023, a year and half into Russia's invasion, and has spearheaded some of Kyiv's most sensitive wartime diplomacy -- with Russia and the West. He has also been embroiled in scandals during his tenure, accused of a lack of transparency and the subject of a probe into alleged abuse of power.