9/14 THE GUARDIAN: Spy Oleg Smolenkov disappeared in Montenegro

[Grasswire2]

Why does Trump hate Montenegro?


[link:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/14/oleg-smolenkov-alleged-us-spy-gave-russia-the-slip|

In June 2017, the Kremlin aide Oleg Smolenkov and his family flew from Moscow to Tivat, a coastal resort in Montenegro favoured by Russian tourists. He never came back, and his colleagues never heard from him again. A murder inquiry was launched and soon dropped for lack of leads.

That was the last anyone heard of Smolenkov until this week, when Russian media named him as a CIA spy spirited out of Russia by the agency for his own safety. CNN first revealed the existence of a US source inside the Kremlin earlier this week.

It reported that the source had provided Washington with information for years and was instrumental in US intelligence agencies’ conclusion that Russia had interfered in the 2016 presidential election. CNN did not name the agent, citing fears for his life, but Russian media quickly outed Smolenkov as the likely culprit.

[Grasswire2]

1. much, much more at the link.....fascinating stuff nt

[Midnight Writer]

2. Just saw that Lindsay Graham was in Montenegro, hotspot for Russians. Coincidence?

[Grasswire2]

3. hmmmmmmmm nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. Oh please let that be true.

He deserves more than a few indictments.

[LisaL]

6. One and the same.

[HipChick]

7. Same except he lived in Virginia

not Washington DC, but often referenced as Washington DC suburbs..

[LisaL]

9. And he isn't there anymore, I presume.

Obviously he couldn't continue living there after he was outed, because Putin proclaimed traitors must be punished.

[triron]

10. OK but just an irrelevant detail.

[triron]

8. But the article says he disappeared in Montenegro.

Obviously not since he was living in D. C.

[LisaL]

11. He disappeared from Montenegro a couple of years ago, and moved to US.

Where he lived until being outed.

[triron]

12. OK just read the article through. I was mistaken.