Stefan Halper who was trailing Carter Page in Crossfire Hurricane has links to the SVR guy Vyacheslav Trubnikov/Truvnikoff... in turn connected to Primakov. When it comes to the Clintons, they always accuse their opponents of doing what they themselves are engaged in.
Primakov`s appointment to the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry in January, 1996, brought drastic changes in Moscow’s foreign policy. The pro-western orientation of his predecessor gave way to the revival of traditional Soviet diplomacy. The main manifestation of the change was the process of rapprochement between Russia and the Arab world, India and Iran.
Concurrently, Primakov continued to define the goals of the Russian intelligence services. His close confidant, Vyacheslav Trubnikov, was appointed to lead the SVR (Sluzhba Vnesnei Razvedki), and coordinated all actions with his patron throughout his tenure in the office. Primakov has continued nurturing all of the initiatives and projects that he started as head of the SVR. Several months after he had replaced the previous Foreign Minister, he started to seek contacts with Hezbollah. In December, 1997, the Russian ambassador to Israel, Michail Bogdanov, admitted during an interview that Moscow constantly keeps in touch with Sheikh Nasralla`s subordinates. According to him, the contacts are kept primarily through the Russian embassy in Beirut. Bogdanov noted: “our cooperation with the organization is meant to encourage restraint. Less then a month before this interview, Primakov had visited Beirut. While he was conducting official meetings with Lebanese government figures, his attendant, Viktor Posovaluk, secretly met with the leaders of Hezbollah, including its General Secretary’s deputy, Naim Kassem. Later in Moscow, during his meeting with journalists, Posovaluk called Hezbollah a “national liberation organization”.
(The last two paragraphs above in my previous post are excerpted from another thread, my comments are in just the 1st paragraph.)
Speaking of Trubnikov/Trubnikoff and the SVR:
EXCLUSIVE: Burisma Founder Mykola Zlochevsky, Who Allegedly Bribed Joe and Hunter Biden, Is an SVR Asset
Redstate ^ | June 12, 2023 | Jennifer Van Laar
Posted on 6/12/2023, 11:07:52 PM by Boomer
Burisma Holdings founder Mykola Zlochevsky, who allegedly paid a total of $10 million in bribes to Joe and Hunter Biden in 2015 and 2016 in exchange for then-Vice President Joe Biden’s assistance in getting Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin fired, is believed to be an asset of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) by the United States intelligence community, according to a national security source speaking to RedState on condition of anonymity. The official said:
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