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Kash Patel gets stark warning from Kremlin-linked paper: 'Come bearing gifts'

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FBI Director Kash Patel received a warning from Russia's top Kremlin-friendly tabloid ahead of his October visit, according to The Daily Beast. The Moskovsky Komsomolets piece told Patel to "come bearing gifts," The Daily Beast wrote . The Komsomolets report includes a quote from Vladimir Vasiliev, a political analyst from the Russian Academy of Sciences' Arbatov Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies. "It's assumed that Russia has some kind of dirt on the Democrats," Vasiliev reportedly said in Russian. "We could provide it, in one form or another, to the American side." Vasiliev works with the Russian International Affairs Council, which is overseen by the country's top diplomat, Sergei Lavrov, and "widely known" for spreading the Kremlin official line in state-controlled media, The Daily Beast reported. "At the same time, the Americans might also have something to share, seeing as the Russian side could ask, 'What do we get in return?' or inquire, 'What do you have to say about thi

First report: Kash Patel Gets a Warning From Moscow About His Russia Visit — thedailybeast.com, 3d