In the first quarter of 2017, Aven met again with Putin and other Russian 1188 officials. At that meeting, Putin asked about Aven’s attem t to build relations with the Trump Administration, and Aven recounted his lack of 1189 1190 success. Grand Jury█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ Putin continued to inquire about Aven’s efforts to connect to the Trump Administration in several 1191 subsequent quarterly meetings. Aven also told Putin’s chief of staff that he had been subpoenaed by the 1192 FBI. As part of that conversation, he reported that he had been asked by the FBI about whether he had worked to create a back channel between the Russian 1193 government and the Trump Administration. According to Aven, the official 1194 showed no emotion in response to this report and did not appear to care. 6. Carter Page Contact with Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich In December 2016, more than two months after he was removed from the Trump Campaign, former Campaign foreign policy advisor Carter Page again 1195 visited Moscow in an attempt to pursue business opportunities. Grand Jury█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ 1196 █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ According to Konstantin Kilimnik, Paul Manafort’s associate, Page also gave some individuals in Russia the impression that he had maintained his connections to President-Elect Trump. In a December 8, 2016 email intended for Manafort, Kilimnik wrote, “Carter Page is in Moscow today, sending messages he is authorized to talk to Russia on behalf of DT on a range of issues of mutual 1197 interest, including Ukraine.” On December 9, 2016, Page went to dinner with NES employees Shlomo 1198 Weber and Andrej Krickovic. Weber had contacted Dvorkovich to let him know that Page was in town and to invite him to stop by the dinner if he wished to do so, and Dvorkovich came to the restaurant for a few minutes to meet with 1199 Page. Dvorkovich congratulated Page on Trump’s election and expressed 1200 interest in starting a dialogue between the United States and Russia. Dvorkovich asked Page if he could facilitate connecting Dvorkovich with individuals involved in the transition to be in a discussion of future