Eismant counts on Kushner's Belarusian roots playing a role in Ukraine talks

Natallia Eismant spoke about Kushner in an interview with Russian propagandist Pavel Zarubin for "Vesti."

"We have known for a long time that Kushner comes from Belarus. Can this help? There can be no value judgments here. But the fact that these people are participating in the process can at least inspire hope in us. These people are engaged so actively and so deeply, and we, of course, can only count on our Belarusian roots playing a part," she stated.

Russian "Vesti" writes that all the American representatives participating in the talks in Abu Dhabi have Belarusian roots. In particular, the US President's special envoy Steven Witkoff, Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, and Supreme Allied Commander Europe Alexus Grynkewich have Slavic roots.

Kushner is connected to Belarus through his family heritage. His grandparents were Jews from the Navahrudak region who survived the Holocaust. His grandmother escaped from the Navahrudak ghetto through an underground tunnel and joined the Bielski brothers' partisan detachment.

Supreme Allied Commander Europe Alexus Grynkewich, who joined the talks in Abu Dhabi, also has Belarusian roots. His great-grandfather Ilya Grynkewich emigrated from Minsk to the US in 1899. In New York, he married Nastassia Sniherevich, a native of Vilnius.

State media are also attempting to link the origins of Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff to Belarus. In February, BelTA published an article titled "Steve Witkoff's Hrodna roots: genetic memory and what the archival collections hold?".

In it, BelTA linked Steve Witkoff's grandmother, Rose Witkoff (née Roza Pomerantz), to Hrodna. The surname Pomerantz does indeed appear in local archives. However, BelTA also noted that additional information was needed to connect these documents to Witkoff's family.

Despite this, the article concluded with commentary from Aliaksandr Arlukevich, a candidate of historical sciences from Hrodna, who suggested that Trump selects strong people historically connected to Belarus and that "genetic memory" matters.

"To carry out the most critical assignments, one of which undoubtedly is Russian-American negotiations, Trump chooses strong, knowledgeable people, and it just so happens that these people are tied by their historical roots to Belarus. As the head of our state says, our people carry a mark of quality," Arlukevich said at the time.

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