Posted on 08/09/2025 9:26:33 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
President Vladimir Putin has presented US President Donald Trump's special envoy with an award to pass on to a senior CIA official whose son was killed fighting with Russia in Ukraine.
Putin gave the Order of Lenin to Steve Witkoff during his trip to Moscow this week to discuss a plan to end the Ukraine war, sources familiar with the matter told the BBC's US partner CBS.
Michael Gloss, 21, who was killed in Ukraine last year, was the son of Juliane Gallina, who is the CIA's deputy director for digital innovation.
Reports of the award emerged as it was confirmed that Trump and Putin will meet in Alaska next Friday to discuss the future of the war in Ukraine.
Neither the Kremlin nor Russian foreign ministry has publicly acknowledged posthumously bestowing the Order of Lenin, a Soviet-era award recognising outstanding civilian service, on Gloss.
It is unclear what was done with the award. The White House, the CIA and Witkoff did not respond to requests for comment. Gloss' death first emerged in Russian media reports in April.
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Not a stunt, a pretty shrewd propaganda play.
> Useless. Stupid. <
Yep. The Ukraine/Russia conflict is a replay of the idiocy of WW1. It’s just on a smaller scale.
At least rename it the Order of Tsar Nickolai.
Love Putin! Brilliant man.
They give Muslims security clearances. It apparently doesn’t mean much.
Same thing in this case.
She has full free rights to disagree with her son, who has the same right to make his own decisions. Each come to their own positions from their own experiences. I would be sorry to see the family dynamics so far destroyed, but support each one of them holding their positions.
“Propaganda”
Considering the following, I’d say Marcus posting more bullshit.
“The Order of Lenin was a highly prestigious Soviet award established in 1930. It was awarded continuously until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991, the award was officially discontinued, and no new Orders of Lenin have been issued since then.”
It appears the guy didn’t figure out Russia is no longer a communist nation of the hammer and sickle.
Poor kid had mental issues. Family kept matters private, making no public statements.
“If my mom had a rebellious Red son that had gone over to the dark side to fight for them, and a US diplomat came to the house to deliver an Order of Lenin...she would take the award and stick it so far up the deliverer’s backside that a surgeon would need both hands and a flashlight to find it again.”
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Well said.
I think it was kind of nasty.
Yep. Nasty is as good a word as any.
One thing is for sure: this was the equivalent of a raised middle finger.
Mother and son have different last names.....why?
Exactly.
Oopsie....and WHY was he FIGHTING FOR RUSSIA??? hmmmmmmm??? Isn’t that against the USA??? WTF is going on with this crap?
Is that woman at the bottom middle in a HANDMAIDEN
S OUTFIT?
Is that PUNK giving the FINGER to DC??
INCEL?????
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