Rumors in Moscow that Putin will fire his advisor Levitin due to Butina's US prosecution deal, in attempt to mitigate fallout to Kremlin from whatever she has told investigators.

Rumors in Moscow that Putin will fire his advisor Levitin due to Butina's US prosecution deal, in attempt to mitigate fallout to Kremlin from whatever she has told investigators.

— Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) December 28, 2018