6 minutes agoRussia announces missing CIA informant
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Russia's Interior Ministry said a former Kremlin official, who in some media reports has been named CIA informant, has been officially declared missing. The ministry said Monday that Oleg Smolenkov, born in 1969, was put on the missing list and that investigations into his finding [...]
Russia's Interior Ministry said a former Kremlin official, who in some media reports has been named CIA informant, has been officially declared missing.
The ministry said Monday that Oleg Smolenkov, born in 1969, has been placed on the list of missing people and that investigations into his search have begun.
Weeks ago, media such as Reuters, CNN, New York Times and Washington Post have reported that a CIA informant in the Russian government was released from Russia and sent to the United States in 2017.
They have not identified him, but have said that Russian nationals have provided American intelligence with information from Russian President Vladimir Putin's internal circle.
CIA, U.S. State Department and the White House have described reports as incorrect.
The Russian newspaper Kommersant has later identified the alleged informant as Oleg Smolenkov.
Public records by the Russian Government administration in 2008 and 2010 show that a person named Oleg Smolenkov has been employed in Putin's administration, which the world has served as Russia's prime minister, broadcasts relief.
Smolenkov also reportedly worked as second secretary at the Russian Embassy in Washington.
According to Russian media reports, Smolenkov disappeared with his wife, Antonina, and three children until his vacation in Montenegro in June 2017.
