Russian President Vladimir Putin regards Secretary of State Rex Tillerson as his agent.

This in an interview with the "Observer" said American historian, publicist, author of the book "FSB blows up Russia" Yuri Felshtinsky.

"Tillerson is not an independent person. His candidacy for the post of secretary of state was proposed to Trump by the Kremlin. Tillerson was indeed the most pro-Putin (precisely pro-Putin, not pro-Russian) candidate for this position. His entire career in Exon, he was obliged to Putin. He talked a lot with him personally, and with FSB Igor Sechin (a protege and trusted Putin). And rewarding Tillerson with the Order of Friendship is not an accident, but a pattern. Moreover, the rewarding was agreed with Tillerson in advance, "Felshtinsky noted..

According to him, Trump long fooled the head of the American public with other candidates for the post of Secretary of State.

"And in the end he slipped for approval the Senate Tillerson, whom Putin, of course, legitimately considers his person or even his agent," - summed up the historian.

As reported by the "Observer", in the United States pointed to the "weak spots" Tillerson in Ukraine.

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