CNN: In 2017, the United States removed from Russia a valuable agent who transmitted information about Putin

In 2017, US intelligence smuggled out of Russia one of its most valuable agents, who worked for the Russian government. CNN writes about this, citing sources in the administration of US President Donald Trump.

This spy passed on information about the internal activities of the Kremlin, as well as the plans of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his opinion on various issues. According to one of CNN's interlocutors, the US authorities did not have the same valuable sources of information in the Russian government.

The existence of the agent was carefully concealed, he worked for American intelligence for many years. They decided to take him out of Russia because of the negligent attitude of Donald Trump and his administration to classified information, according to CNN. How the evacuation took place and where the agent is now is unknown to the publication.

According to one of the interlocutors of CNN, before the evacuation of the whistleblower, articles about his existence began to appear in the media. The publication notes that it has not found any such publication. At the same time, in September 2017, the Daily Storm wrote about the disappearance of Oleg Smolenkov, an employee of the presidential administration, and his family.

White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham told CNN that the station's information is untrue and "could endanger people's lives." CIA spokeswoman Brittany Bramell denied that Trump's actions could have been the cause of the alleged operation.

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