On November 10–11, 2026, Russian and Ukrainian delegations led by Vladimir Medinsky and Rustem Umerov held US-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi (see: https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-russia-us-resume-trilateral-peace-talks-in-abu-dhabi-after-9-month-pause/). Senior officials from the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom were also in Abu Dhabi and met with US and Ukrainian representatives, while Russia stated that its delegation had no contact with European officials.
This market will resolve to “Yes” if there is a senior-level diplomatic meeting between Russia, Ukraine, and the European Union (EU) between market creation and the listed date, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”.
A diplomatic meeting occurs when representatives of Russia, Ukraine, and the EU who are acting in an official capacity and are authorized to engage in diplomacy on behalf of their respective governments or institutions deliberately meet for the purpose of diplomacy or negotiation. A meeting will qualify only if senior-level representatives of all three participate in the same meeting session while physically present together; meetings conducted through translators qualify. Presence in the same city, venue, or facility will not suffice, and separate or parallel meetings in which EU representatives meet with only one of Russia or Ukraine (e.g., EU officials meeting with Ukrainian and US representatives on the sidelines of Russia-Ukraine talks) will not qualify. EU officials will count as participants whether they take part as a negotiating party, mediator or facilitator, provided they actively take part in the meeting session itself; officials who only host, welcome, or provide logistical support for a meeting will not be considered participants. A qualifying meeting need not result in any agreement, joint statement, prisoner exchange, or further engagement.
A meeting qualifies regardless of its subject matter, including meetings limited to humanitarian issues (e.g., prisoner exchanges, the return of civilians or children, or humanitarian pauses), whether or not broader Russia-Ukraine peace terms, such as a ceasefire, peace agreement, territorial issues, security guarantees, or similar, are discussed. Officials of other countries or organizations (e.g., the US or NATO) do not count as representatives of Russia, Ukraine, or the EU.
A diplomatic meeting is senior-level only if each of Russia, Ukraine and the EU is represented by at least one senior official. For Russia and Ukraine, a senior official is a head of state, a head of government, or a vice president; a foreign minister; a minister of cabinet rank; the secretary or head of a national security council; the presiding officer of a national legislature; a special envoy; or another individual designated by the head of state or head of government to conduct diplomatic negotiations on their behalf. For the EU, a senior official is the President of the European Commission, the President of the European Council, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, or another individual designated by one of them to represent the EU in the negotiations. The EU will be considered represented only by officials acting on behalf of the EU's institutions; officials of individual EU member states or other European countries (e.g., France, Germany or the United Kingdom) will not count as EU representatives. The participation of other parties (e.g., the US) will not prevent a meeting from qualifying. Individuals authorized only for technical, implementation, monitoring, staff-level, preparatory, or working-group-level talks will not be considered designated to conduct diplomatic negotiations or to represent the EU in the negotiations. Ukraine's Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights and Russia's High Commissioner for Human Rights will not be considered senior-level representatives. Qualifying individuals include, regardless of their position: for Russia, Vladimir Putin, Sergei Lavrov, Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Medinsky, Igor Kostyukov, Kirill Dmitriev, Sergei Ryabkov, Mikhail Galuzin, Alexander Fomin and Yuri Zhigarlovsky; for Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, Andrii Sybiha, Rustem Umerov, Kyrylo Budanov, Serhiy Kyslytsya, Davyd Arakhamia, Andrii Hnatov and Vadym Skibitsky; and for the EU, Ursula von der Leyen, António Costa, Kaja Kallas, Björn Seibert and Anna-Maria Boura. In each case, the senior official must take part in the meeting itself.
Sessions, proceedings, or convenings of standing international organizations, treaty bodies, or recurring multilateral summits or conferences (e.g., the United Nations General Assembly, G7, and G20 summits) do not qualify, unless a qualifying and deliberate diplomatic meeting between representatives of Russia, Ukraine, and the EU is separately held alongside such a convening.
The following do not qualify: chance encounters; standalone exchanges limited to greetings, courtesies, or photo opportunities; meetings conducted remotely, by telephone, or by any other means where the relevant representatives are not physically present together; discussions involving persons not authorized to engage in diplomacy or negotiation on behalf of their respective governments or institutions.
The occurrence of a qualifying meeting must be confirmed by the resolution sources by the resolution date.
The resolution sources for this market will be official information from the governments of Russia and Ukraine and the European Union, and a consensus of credible reporting.
