[13foxtrot]

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Today we found out that some Russian agent told Budanov that Navalny died of a blood clot, and he was dumb enough to repeat the story without corroboration.
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Sure. Budanov has been working with the CIA for 10 years — he was an officer trained as part of the CIA program in UKR directed against Russia.

What a dummy falling for such an obvious falsehood!/s

[Chad C. Mulligan]

....Budanov has been working with the CIA for 10 years — he was an officer trained as part of the CIA program in UKR directed against Russia.

And the CIA wants to hand Moscow a major propaganda coup?

Doesn't pass the sniff test.