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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Is that punk’s MOTHER a COMMUNIST also???
My guess is that the MOM is NOT PRO USA also!! She works for the TOTALLY CORRUPT CIA! INVESTIGATE HER!!
Looks like the boy enjoyed Russia and “went Native!”
I have spent two days in St. Petersburg and liked the city’s sights but to go native? Nyet!
LOL!!! St. PANCAKE!!
It just keeps getting weirder and weirder
How does she keep her JOB at the CIA????
They could have just not acknowledged his death like all the British troops who have died in Ukraine.
GET OUT! He’s a COLD BLOODED KILLER!! GO BACK TO DU!
This is on the same level as surprising Zelensky in the Oval Office with cameras running...”You have no cards...”
Ah, logic and the ability to tolerate other points of view. Impressive.
Of course an incel. They always are.
The Euroweenies can huff and puff all they want, but if Trump pulls us out, it’s over for the Ukes.
A few Americans fought for Hitler.
Some still promote Nazi and Stalinist ideals.
Some people just make very bad choices.
That”s going to look great on her Permanent Record SF-86.”
Great question. Even before his death, the fact that her son went to Russia and joined their armed forces should have been a huge Red Flag.
The Agency called it “a private family matter, and not a national security concern.”
Seriously?!
Obviously there are different rules for the Protected Classes and us mere mortals
The CIA needs a good purging.
Post of the day.
Just AI Chuck the Schmuck’s mug in there.
A foolish man lost his life in a war he believed in. He threw his life away. He earned this medal.
“Here’s your sign!”
Imagine being a young American and dying in a proxy war with Russia that Biden’s auto-pen decided to engage in.
And this loving mom, who, supposedly, is employed by the CIA and expected to advance US interests, brought up her dear son as a hard-nosed commie. How times changed since Rosenberg’s couple execution...
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