The bridges between the US and Russia have dynamited them. And the gap could be enlarged in the case of Daniel Martindaleand American citizen resident in Donetsk (Ukraine) that has Russian citizenship received In ‘thanks’ to the services provided to Moscow in the form of espionage.
Martindale has signed his ‘Russian citizen’ passport in an event held in the Russian capital and under the presidency of the Proruso Governor of Donetsk, Denis Pushilin. He has assured that his new ‘compatriot’ “with his loyalty and actions has shown a long time ago that is one of us“.
Daniel Martindale is son of American missionaries who moved to live in China, as the newspaper details The Wall Street Journal. Over the years, he moved to Vladivostok, where he studied Russian and taught English, until he was deported for violating Russian labor laws. Forced to leave the country, it was temporarily installed in Poland, where Ukraine moved shortly before the start of the invasion.
The order sealed by Vladimir Putin the February 24, 2022 He took Martindale in Donetsk, from where the Ukrainian authorities accused him of spy on your own troops to Send information to the Russian Army.
For Pushilin that espionage was “a Sincere commitment to our values And, in the most difficult conditions, He did everything in his hand and more To help our country, our people and our soldiers, “said Putin’s puppet in the occupied region, who shares his words in his own Telegram channel.
During “more than two years“, The native of the United States carried out various secret collaborationist tasks with the Putin regime. In the words of Donetsk’s governor, Martindale” passed important information to our special services and endangered his life “, especially with his direct involvement in Russian shot of the Kurajovo townwest of Donetsk.
“Was Thanks to your information that we were able to prepare and carry out the operation in Kurajovo, “he highlighted, before specifying that the Russian troops They took Martindale of Ukrainian territory after determine that his life “was in danger”. “It was a complex evacuation operation,” he said.
He DANIEL MARTINDALE CASE He resonated months ago. In October 2024Donetsk’s pro -corruse authorities confirmed having evacuated a 33 -year -old American In an area in the hands of Ukraine, revealing that it was a key figure for his role as a spy for Russia.
In addition to the Russian passport, Pushilin has awarded him with the Order of the Republic“The greatest prize in the People’s Republic of Donetsk” as “a sign of our deep gratitude to remain a man in the most difficult conditions and for his firmness and loyalty. Welcome home, Russia.”
Martindale has celebrated that “There is no danger anymore“For him and” he will no longer have to leave Russia, “where pretends that their parents also move.
Daniel Martindale’s firm is produced in full diplomatic tensions between the US and Russia by him Donald Trump’s tiredness For Vladimir Putin’s attitude around war in Ukraine. This Monday, the US president launched an ultimatum, with 100% secondary tariffs to Moscow if they did not sign a peace agreement with kyiv.
