"He wants death": Putin wanted to kill CIA agent in Miami by blackmailing a scientist from Mexico - NYT

According to the newspaper, the Kremlin seeks to eliminate the former Russian intelligence officer Alexander Steyev. Thanks to his testimony, the FBI has been investigating for several years and detained eleven spies. "The red lines for Putin have long passed. He wants the death of all these guys," CIA Exophishable Mark Polymeropoulos.

Three former American high -ranking officials confirmed journalists that the murder of Potev had failed, but its consequences have developed into sanctions and mutual deportations. "Mr. Putin has long promised to punish Mr. Stewev. But before he was arrested, Mr. Steyev fled to the United States, where the CIA was moved under a very secret program aimed Will, "the material reads.

According to media reports, despite the alleged disappearance of Steyev and even a message in Roszma about his death, the man was alive and lived in Miami. However, in 2018, his whereabouts were declassified, and next year the Russians organized a secret operation to find a former scout and attracted a Mexican scientist to cover. The journalists conveyed that the "recruited" scientist was called Hector Alejandro Cabrera Fuentz.

He was not fortunate enough to have a wife and two daughters in Russia, who became levers of influence on her husband. The publication informed that in 2019, the Fuentes family did not allow to leave the Russian Federation, and after the arrival of the scientist himself, an unnamed Russian official contacted him and invited a meeting in Moscow. The aggressor country official explained that they could help each other.

Later, the Mexican was asked to rent an apartment near the place of residence of Potiev, fix the numbers of his car and set the location. "He advised Mr Fuenttes to refrain from taking pictures, probably to eliminate any revelation evidence," the media stressed. However, as the sources said, Fuenthes disrupted the operation, attracting the attention of the security guard and taking a shot of the Potev machine.

Two days after the incident, when Fuenttes tried to fly to Mexico, he was stopped and searched. After law enforcement officers found a photo of the CIA in informant, the man was arrested. "After the arrest, Mr Fuentz provided details of the plan by American investigators. He believed that the Russian official he met with the FSB," the article said. One of the exiners said that the scientist was not aware of the importance of the goal and simply gathered information.

According to the media, this conspiracy caused a "tough reaction from the US government: in April 2021 the United States imposed sanctions and sent ten diplomats of the Russian Federation, which Russia answered, sending ten American diplomats. There was a problem with the search for a moderator of Vladimir Putin's speech on Pmef. According to sources, among the variants was even Taver Carlson.