Washington – Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a prize to President Trump’s special envoy Steve Witchoff to pass with a senior CIA officer, whose son was killed in Ukraine, who was fighting with the Russian army, according to sources familiar with the case.
The award, The Order of Lenin, was handed over to Julian Galina, who was killed in the 21 -year -old son, Michael Gloss, 2024.
Galina is currently serving the CIA as Deputy Director for Digital Innovation. It cannot be immediately determined what was done with the award.
Several sources told CBS News that Putin gave the award to Vitkofof during him Travel to Russia this weekWhich a Russian official said that the US started, to discuss the end of the Ukraine war.
Putin is known by Putin, known for Mind Games and for efforts to highlight the points of opponents of weakness, possibly raising unwanted questions and highlighting that a CIA officer’s son fought for Russia in the war.
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In a statement in April, CIA officials said that the death of Galina’s son, who was struggling with mental health challenges, was not a national security issue. Two sources familiar with the case told CBS News that there was no indication that Gloss was recruited by the Russian government, and that Kremlin was not aware of the family background of Gloss when he returned its remains.
White House spokesperson, CIA and Witcoff did not respond with comments for this article. A Russian embassy spokesperson contacted by CBS News said there was no official comment, and no acceptance of the award by the Kremlin or the Russian Foreign Ministry has not been publicly disclosed.
Putin’s move comes at a sensitive time, as Mr. Trump has expressed growing frustration with Kremlin and vow to the secondary tariff starting on Friday, even running for conversation Possible summit,
Order of Lenin is a Soviet-era award, which is to highlight excellent civil service. It is given to high-level detectives, including the UK Kim Phillabi, a double agent for the Soviet Union. According to a person familiar with the case, Galina’s son was never an employee of CIA.
Former KGB operator Putin met Vitkoff five times, who left real estate development to become Shri Trump’s messenger for sensitive peace missions. During high-dot diplomacy, the Russian government has been investigated by the dependence of Vitcoff in the past.
A source familiar with the talks told CBS News that Vicchoff had a translator of an US government for the encounter on Wednesday, two days ago to end the deadline war for Mr. Trump’s Putin to end the war or face serious financial punishment through restrictions. The same day, the Trump administration put one Additional 25% tariff On Indian goods to punish New Delhi to buy Russian oil.
Mr. Trump described Wednesday meeting in Moscow as “highly productive”. The White House said that the Russians were eager to confuse the United States and said that secondary sanctions were to be implemented on Friday. However, until Friday afternoon, no such ban was issued.
On social media, Gloss published his own positions in Moscow and gave his support for Russian soldiers. The Russian media first published the news of Gloss’s death in April. The CIA’s statement at that time stated that Galina and her family faced “an unimaginable personal tragedy”.
An obedient for gloss said that he was “tragically killed in Eastern Europe” on 4 April 2024.
Gloss’s father, Larry Gloss, a veteran of an Iraq war, Told Washington Post In an interview that he and Galina did not know that his son was in Ukraine or he was admitted to the Russian army.
“When we were waiting for him, our biggest fear was that someone was there [in Moscow] Larry Gloss said, put two and two together and discovered who her mother was, and used it as a prop.
