Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, the first head of the SBU after the Euromaidan regime change operation of 2013-14, nurtured close ties to [[Washington, D.C.]] when he served as general consul to the Ukrainian embassy to the US during the [[George W. Bush administration]]. During that time, Nalyvaichenko was recruited by the CIA, according to his predecessor at the SBU, Alexander Yakimenko, who served under [[President Viktor Yanukovych]].<ref>https://en.topwar.ru/43842-glava-sbu-nalivaychenko-okazalsya-agentom-cru.html</ref> | Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, the first head of the SBU after the Euromaidan regime change operation of 2013-14, nurtured close ties to [[Washington, D.C.]] when he served as general consul to the Ukrainian embassy to the US during the [[George W. Bush administration]]. During that time, Nalyvaichenko was recruited by the CIA, according to his predecessor at the SBU, Alexander Yakimenko, who served under [[President Viktor Yanukovych]].<ref>https://en.topwar.ru/43842-glava-sbu-nalivaychenko-okazalsya-agentom-cru.html</ref> |