A Russian informant for the US with direct contact with President Vladimir Putin is said to have been withdrawn in 2017, according to US media reports. The US foreign intelligence service CIA has brought the Moscow spy because of an impending Enttarnung out of the country.
The controversial treatment of US President Donald Trump and his government with intelligence information have led to the withdrawal of the agent, the CNN station wrote yesterday (local time), citing unnamed persons. For more than ten years, the informant Washington has provided important insights.
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He was considered one of the most valuable CIA sources, the New York Times wrote. His information has also led to significant conclusions from the US intelligence service that Putin has ordered the interference of Moscow in the US election in 2016.
The withdrawal of topinformant is therefore also in view of the upcoming US presidential campaign a loss. Putin, himself a former intelligence officer, had repeatedly strongly denied interference.
The decision to withdraw was made after a meeting between Trump and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the White House, wrote CNN. Newspapers reported that Trump had revealed sensitive intelligence information during the conversation. For the CIA, although this was not directly related to the agent, it had raised concerns and eventually led to a withdrawal. The CIA and the White House officially disagreed with the station’s presentation.
Not in Putin’s closest circle
According to the New York Times, the informant had access to high-level Kremlin decisions and regular contact with Russian President Putin. He did not belong to Putin’s closest circle. Sources of the paper pointed out that Trump’s handling of secret information led to the withdrawal.
Rather, speculation in US media would endanger the informant. According to CNN, the Moscow informant sometimes provided pictures of documents on Putin’s desk. Neither his identity nor his whereabouts are known, the reports said.
Kremlin confirms employment
The Kremlin has since confirmed that the US spy has worked in the Russian presidential administration. „I do not know if he was an agent or not. I can only confirm that he has worked for the presidential administration „and“ 2016 or 2017 „was released, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. The man had no post as a senior official and had no direct contact with President Putin. According to Russian media, the man is the US informant that US intelligence agencies withdrew from Russia in 2017.
