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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Sat May 27, 2017, 11:30 AM May 2017

Russian banker Kushner met with in December is Putin crony, graduate of 'finishing school" for spies

Russian banker Kushner met with in December is Putin crony and graduate of ‘finishing school’ for spies

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/russian-banker-kushner-met-with-in-december-is-graduate-of-finishing-school-for-spies-report/

A Russian banker who met with President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is a graduate of what is described as Russia’s top “finishing schools” for spies, NBC is reporting.

According to the report, Sergey Gorkov, 48, is a graduate of the FSB Academy, chartered in 1994 to educate Russian Intelligence personnel.

The report also notes that Gorkov is a close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Recently, Putin chose Gorkov to head the state-owned VneshEconomBank (VEB).

Kushner is currently under fire for reportedly proposing setting up secret back-channel communications with the Kremlin in a conservation with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.

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