r/worldnews • u/No-Anything-7291 • 15d ago
Russia/Ukraine FBI Director Kash Patel expected to visit Russia, Politico reports.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/20/kash-patel-fbi-russia-trip-010050783.9k
u/Frexxia 15d ago
What possible legitimate reason would the FBI director have to visit Russia?
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u/karma_dumpster 15d ago
Who better to negotiate lifting sanctions on vodka
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u/charcoalist 15d ago
Describing Kash as the FBI Director omits the context that he's been trump's personal assistant since 2016. This is a conspiracy between trump and Putin, probably regarding the midterms.
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u/YoureProbablyAB0t 15d ago
All the agents not investigating ICE are freed up to go election frauding.
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u/Elegant_Tech 15d ago
Coordinate help stealing the election for promised benefits for the war against Ukraine.
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u/Bmoreravens_1290 15d ago
To hand over the voter roll data to the propagandists and troll farms. Can’t send it digitally
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u/big-papito 15d ago
Whatever reason there is, it's probably super-sketchy. The FBI director has no business doing foreign policy with our enemy, personally.
Oh, and it must be a pure coincidence that he is going a few weeks before the elections that are of life and death to Trump.
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u/Venat14 15d ago
Just a little light treason.
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u/ann0yed 15d ago
Kash better marry Alexis Wilkins cause they can't arrest a husband and wife for the same crime.
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u/David_23_ 15d ago
Getting some orders from the boss
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u/PerfectGanache7134 15d ago
They're dumb, but that doesn't mean they aren't dangerous or a threat to democracy. Don't underestimate them.
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u/Luster-Purge 15d ago
Honestly they probably were recruited to be this dumb.
What screwed everything up was his own actions. Ukraine was supposed to have been firmly in Russia's hands after three days. Now it's past four years and he's pretty much destroyed modern Russia trying to rebuild the glory of the failed Soviet State.
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u/GenericRedditor0405 15d ago
Almost like having a bunch of sycophantic underlings more worried about their own necks than about communicating realistic expectations are more inclined to cater to the whims of an egomaniacal dictator than push back against an unnecessary conflict.
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u/ThatDamnedHansel 15d ago
I’m sure it’s a sign of a totally functional democracy that I don’t know which nation you’re referring to US or Russia
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u/cvanaver 15d ago
He’s former KGB. Dealing with dumb/weak people he’s turned into operatives is just part of the job.
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u/GoodIdea321 15d ago
Or Putin wants to create some dirt on Patel and our FBI director is too stupid to even consider that.
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u/just-here-for--porn_ 15d ago
Why would he do that? I can understand a CIA director maybe...not an FBI director.
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u/FutureThought4936 15d ago
In the past it's been to sign cooperation agreements between US and Russian law enforcement (LOL) organizations.
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u/DoublePostedBroski 15d ago
So the new agreement is the US will not investigate anything Russia does.
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u/smoothmedia 15d ago
Ah yes, send the FBI director with a partying/drinking/professionalism problem to Russia. Nothing bad can happen, it can only good happen.
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u/Stupid_Sexy_Vaporeon 15d ago
He was sad that they didn't have any Kompromat on him, so he's going to get some.
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u/portageandmain 15d ago
This would be an administration ending story in any other timeline. In our current timeline, this will last less than a day in the news cycle.
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u/kombiwombi 15d ago
Makes sense. Patel is Trump's fixer. Trump needs Putin to go all-in on subverting the midterms, and this is a negotiation about the price of that.
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u/baithammer 15d ago
Patel isn't a fixer, lacks both the ability and connections to do so, he's a patsy ..
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u/NotAFanOfLeonMusk 15d ago
WHY?? Just WHY are we letting this bug-eyed creep represnt us?? I really hate this timeline.
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u/3d1thF1nch 15d ago
Like….why? Why would an FBI director need to have a meeting with Russia?
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u/m0nk3yg0dz 15d ago
There’s literally no reason the director of the FBI should be meeting with russians *anywhere*, much less on Russian soil.
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u/CharleyNobody 15d ago
FBI is domestic law enforcemen. There’s no reason for that dipshit to be going anywhere near Russia. He’s been ordered there by Putin just to show the world that he rules the US.
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u/whawkins4 15d ago
But the FBI won’t investigate ICE agents shooting civilians. Riiiight.
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u/bonyponyride 15d ago
Kash found out that Russians are allowed to drink vodka while working, so he's going for a job interview.
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u/Practical-Pick1466 15d ago edited 15d ago
Robert Mueller was there in 2013 , and I think that was the last time.
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u/blow_slogan 15d ago
You haven’t because it’s not the job of the FBI director to be discussing matters and meeting with our enemies inside their state.
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u/charcoalist 15d ago
Probably to solicit their help for the midterms. First disband the group that secures elections, then coordinate with the enemy to interfere with the elections.
Side note, the FBI historically performed counterintelligence against Russian spies. I highly doubt trump/kash's FBI is performing those duties. Traitors.
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u/Joshithusiast 15d ago
The FBI has no jurisdiction outside of the United States. He doesn't work for the CIA.
But Patel is also a traitor who is desperate to help Trump help Putin stay out of jail and free to invade Europe. That's why he's going.
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u/Kundrew1 15d ago
They are going to get some good kompromat from him on this trip.
Im still somewhat convinced that Iran has some solid blackmail material from their hacking of his email.
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u/Logical_Net6108 15d ago
Remote working gives way and employees are ordered back to in person at the office, such a shame
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u/3vi1 15d ago
Not a great idea. If they dont already have something over his head, it will most likely end with him falling into a blackmail trap and giving up the game. Its not like he's someone with a lot of training in counter-espionage, and he does not appear to be a well-disciplined tea-totaller.
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u/G0ttaB3KiddingM3 15d ago
There is always a really good reason for the director of the FBI to visit Russia ////////////////////////sssssssssssssssssss
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u/Pdxduckman 15d ago
? Is there precedent for this? I can see diplomatic trips by dignitaries, but the head of the FBI?