American citizen granted Russian passport after spying for the Kremlin in Ukraine

A US citizen who helps Kremlin The target Ukrainian troops were given Russian passports in Moscow.

Daniel Martindale, who has a Trim beard and dressed in a suit and a tie, smiled as it was seen on a Russian state television.

“I, Daniel Richard Martindale, the Russian Federation of citizenship voluntarily and consciously accepts, swears to observe the constitution.” He said.

“The belief that Russia is not only my home, but also my family – I am very happy not only in my heart, but also with the laws.”

Martindale grew on farms in New York and Indiana, the child of the missionaries moved to rural China. Wall Street Journal report.

Martindale speaks after receiving a Russian passport in Moscow (through Reuters)

A short journey of Russia to the Far East in the time of the family in China attracted Martindale’s interest in Russia.

In 2018, Martindale moved to Vladivostok, a Russian port city in the Pacific, now at the beginning of his 30s, where he read Russian and taught English before he was deported because he violated his work laws a year later.

The magazine moved to Southern Poland, but said he was eager to return to Russia.

In 2022, Martindale entered Ukraine only days before the President Vladimir Putin He ordered thousands of soldiers to Ukraine.

Respect and gratitude

Martindale said that he had contacted journalists at a press conference last November that he had contact with pro -Russian forces through Telegram and informed him about the Ukrainian military facilities from the Donetsk region to the east of the country.

Reuters could not contact Martindale to ask Russia to ask for the motivation to help.

The US State Department spokesman refused to comment.

On Tuesday, Denis Pushilin, the Russian controlled part of the Donetsk region, presented Martindale with Russian documents, which he said was given to Martindale with a decree from Putin.

Pushilin, some of the information shared by Russia’s Pokrovsk’s key Ukraine logistics center, a town plans to seize Kurakhove’yı Martindale, he was grateful to Martindale.

“For a long time, it has been proved by her loyalty and actions that she was one of us.”

“This is a sign of respect for us (Russian passport) and gratitude for Daniel does.”