Putin’s Provocative Award to Trump Envoy Stirs Controversy Amidst Ukraine War Talks
Putin’s Provocative Award to Trump Envoy Stirs Controversy Amidst Ukraine War Talks In a highly unusual diplomatic move, Russian President Vladimir Putin presented the Order of Lenin award to U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff this week, intended for a senior CIA official whose son was killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine. The gesture, made during Witkoff’s August 6 talks in Moscow aimed at ending the Ukraine conflict, has ignited controversy and is widely seen as a calculated provocation by the…