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Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was in Moscow on June 17 to meet with newly installed Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, making Kissinger the first American to have an audience with Vladimir Putin's protege and personally selected successor. "I have followed with great interest your becoming president and the plans you have put forward in some of your speeches," the Russian press reported Kissinger as saying to Medvedev. "I wish you every success. It is important for Russia and important for the world." Although it has not been reported, Dr. Kissinger undoubtedly also met with former President Vladimir Putin--who has now assumed the position of prime minister--and Yevgeny Primakov, the former foreign minister, prime minister, KGB chief, and supervisor of Soviet Mideast terrorism operations.
Although virtually unreported in the U.S. press, Kissinger's many secretive trips to Russia over the past few years have received considerable coverage in the Russian media. In April 2007, Kissinger led a delegation of American business moguls and former U.S. government officials to Moscow for a secret meeting with Putin, Primakov, and other top Russian ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Kissinger's Russian relationship should concern Congress.(Inside...