Decades ago, the C.I.A. recruited and carefully cultivated a midlevel Russian official who began rapidly advancing through the governmental ranks. Eventually, American spies struck gold: The longtime source landed an influential position that came with access to the highest level of the Kremlin.
New York Times: CIA informant extracted from Russia had sent secrets to US for decades
A city sightseeing bus drives on a bridge over the Moskva river, with the Kremlin and the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters seen in the background, in downtown Moscow on August 6, 2019.
