A skilled technocrat with close ties to Putin’s inner circle, Dmitriev is credited with shaping Russia’s strategy of courting Trump and Elon Musk with promises of lucrative economic deals.

Zane Lackey of Andreessen Horowitz and Arif Janmohamed of Lightspeed say the deal by Google is a good sign for the cyber startup market. Photo: Aria Isadora for The Wall Street Journal The all ...