Kremlin says man named in media reports as US spy worked in Russian president’s office

Top Stories
Most Popular

Panorama

Denmark’s Victoria Kjær Theilvig wins Miss Universe 2024

DSF unveils a spectacular preview of its biggest-ever 30th edition with Dubai’s first-ever indoor drone show

30th Dubai Shopping Festival to kick off in December

Melania Trump declines to meet with Jill Biden at White House

Dana Reserve: Where Three Ecosystems Meet in Jordan's Wilderness

Japan launches world's first wooden satellite into space

Astronomers observe black hole that may have formed gently

The ten deadliest weather events of the last 20 years and how they were fuelled by climate change

What is the story of the Jordan Staircase in one of the most important palaces in Russia?

Biden and his wife celebrate their last Halloween at the White House

Home World Kremlin says man named in media reports as US spy worked in Russian president’s office 10-09-2019 05:50 AM Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - The Kremlin said on Tuesday that a former Russian official identified in media reports as a CIA asset inside Russia had worked in Russia’s presidential administration, but did not have direct access to President Vladimir Putin. US media reported on Monday that US intelligence carried out an operation in 2017 to extract a high-level Russian official and CIA asset. Russian daily newspaper Kommersant said on Tuesday the official may have been a man called Oleg Smolenkov. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Smolenkov had worked in the Russian presidential administration but had been fired in 2016/17. He declined to say whether he was an agent or not, but said that US media reports read like “pulp fiction.” *Reuters

Home World

Kremlin says man named in media reports as US spy worked in Russian president’s office

10-09-2019 05:50 AM

Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - The Kremlin said on Tuesday that a former Russian official identified in media reports as a CIA asset inside Russia had worked in Russia’s presidential administration, but did not have direct access to President Vladimir Putin.

US media reported on Monday that US intelligence carried out an operation in 2017 to extract a high-level Russian official and CIA asset.

Russian daily newspaper Kommersant said on Tuesday the official may have been a man called Oleg Smolenkov. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Smolenkov had worked in the Russian presidential administration but had been fired in 2016/17.

He declined to say whether he was an agent or not, but said that US media reports read like “pulp fiction.”

*Reuters

no comments

Notice

All comments are reviewed and posted only if approved.
Ammon News reserves the right to delete any comment at any time, and for any reason, and will not publish any comment containing offense or deviating from the subject at hand, or to include the names of any personalities or to stir up sectarian, sectarian or racial strife, hoping to adhere to a high level of the comments as they express The extent of the progress and culture of Ammon News' visitors, noting that the comments are expressed only by the owners.

name : *
email
	show email
comment : *
Verification code :	Refresh write code :