For her column this week - as Trump bows to Putin on Ukraine - Eileen O'Connor talks to real insiders in Washington: Is 'Krasnov' real? Or is the shadow of 'Krasnov' enough to make the Kremlin smile?
Glad to have another grumpy old person added to the collective of grumpy old people. I recently wrote a piece on my SubStack examining the Krasnov claims. I am reading two books as a result of my research - Craig Unger’s “American Kompromat” which puts a pretty damning spin on the alleged KGB recruitment of Trump, and “Comrade Kryuchkov’s Instructions” by Christopher Andrew and Oleg Gordievsky.
Probably will be exploring the topic after I do more reading. The Krasnov theory is quite compelling in that it is the most simple conclusion to make from the evidence, even though much of is circumstantial. There is certainly no smoking gun here.
I’m honestly not sure myself at this stage, but I certainly would not put money on Trump not being Krasnov.
Tbh, Rob, by now we have assembled a whole GROUP of more or less old and more or less grumpy writers - from all over the globe - who all share one thing: Eagerness to take a deeper look at Ukraine, Russia, Europe and Trumpistan - new angles, arguments, motives, not just run of the mill stuff. But you probably know this by now, if you read us. Thanks.
And yes, Eileen is, for sure, a valued member. As this piece shows.
Glad to have another grumpy old person added to the collective of grumpy old people. I recently wrote a piece on my SubStack examining the Krasnov claims. I am reading two books as a result of my research - Craig Unger’s “American Kompromat” which puts a pretty damning spin on the alleged KGB recruitment of Trump, and “Comrade Kryuchkov’s Instructions” by Christopher Andrew and Oleg Gordievsky.
Will you be doing/wriying a comparison of the two? I'll check out your piece, thank you.
Probably will be exploring the topic after I do more reading. The Krasnov theory is quite compelling in that it is the most simple conclusion to make from the evidence, even though much of is circumstantial. There is certainly no smoking gun here.
I’m honestly not sure myself at this stage, but I certainly would not put money on Trump not being Krasnov.
...in these times, starting out by not being sure is actually a good thing, in my book.
Excellent as always. Always very interesting
We aim to please. (Actually we don't, hehe, but glad you like the piece).
Welcome to the Troika of the grumpy!
Tbh, Rob, by now we have assembled a whole GROUP of more or less old and more or less grumpy writers - from all over the globe - who all share one thing: Eagerness to take a deeper look at Ukraine, Russia, Europe and Trumpistan - new angles, arguments, motives, not just run of the mill stuff. But you probably know this by now, if you read us. Thanks.
And yes, Eileen is, for sure, a valued member. As this piece shows.