An oxymoron if there ever was one!
Podesta is considered an insider----a "decision-maker" for the Clinton Foundation.
The Clinton Foundation took money from Russian officials and oligarchs, including Victor Kekselberg, a Putin confidant. The Foundation also received millions of dollars from Uranium One, which was sold to the Russian government in 2010, giving Russia control of 20% of the uranium deposits in the U.S. the sale required approval from Hillary Clinton's State Department. What's more, at least some of these donations weren't disclosed.
Earlier, The New York Times reported the Clintons' connections thusly: "Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation Amid Russian Uranium Deal." Plus Bill Clinton pocketed $500,000 from a Moscow investment bank for a brief speech.
However, The NYT and Washington Post never reported Pravda's headline: Russian Nuclear Energy Conquers the World. Imagine if a Republican State Department approved such a deal?
More egregiously, Hillary's campaign chairman, and longtime Clinton crony, the ubiquitous John Podesta, acting as "The Podesta Group" (co-founded w/ his brother, Tony) lobbied on behalf of Uranium One, after most of it was owned by Russia.