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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So, you support her son’s participation in the unjust and meaningless war that took lives of over million people?
I guess, in 1939 you would’ve enthusiastically expressed your support for Hitler’s wars, as well. There is no moral equivalency between Ukrainians fighting for their country and Russians, who started the war and were methodically annexing Ukrainian territory since 2014.
Give Ukraine a medal for taking out the trash.
We completely disagree on the premises of the Ukrainian war. You’re entitled to your opinion, even though my opinion is that you’re wrong. In America, we support different points of view. It’s the glory of America. I’m sorry you think the world ought to mirror you. Sounds really boring.
All that Ukrainian corruption, too. All that money that kicked back to Democrat politicians. But DOGE turned it off. Do you really think Ukraine is about principles rather than money that’s pocketed by their politicians? I should say used to be pocketed by their politicians. Now they have to go to Europe to fund their fancy cars and rich living and Europe is just not as rich as America. It’s going to be hard for them to tighten their belts after Hunter Biden and all the rest served them for so long that they began to take unending monies for granted.
Apparently, you’re a Nazi because some New Jersey turd wants to tongue-bathe Little Zelya the Corrupt.
Yes. And the hammer and sickle to signify support of communism.
Are you serious?
Good grief.
Opinions are only to be respected if they are based on facts. Opinions do not negate facts. You seem to have exited the realm of what opinion is vs. what fact is.
You are supporting anti-Americanism and pro-Communism. That is a fact. Look at the photos. You call these motives honorable.
The Ukraine War is about Putin’s desire to restore the glory days of the Soviet Union / Russian Empire. This is not exactly a secret. It is why where Russians have taken over areas that statues of the brutal Soviet dictators have been re-erected. Same motives for his incursions in other places. Russia has already been lacking in corruption.
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