INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The son of CIA Deputy Director Julianne Gallina was killed while fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine last year, the investigative
news outlet IStories reported Friday, citing a leaked database from a Moscow military recruitment center.Michael Alexander Gloss, 21, died
on April 4, 2024, according to an obituary posted by a funeral home in Fairfax, Virginia
IStories reported that Russian authorities informed his family of his death in October, and he was buried in his hometown in December.The
Navy veteran, became president of a security-focused software firm in May 2024.According to IStories, Gloss had previously been a climate
activist who left school to travel, eventually joining the counter-culture group Rainbow Family in Turkey and Italy and supporting the
He arrived in Russia in August 2023 after obtaining a visa in Turkey and enlisted with a military contract recruitment center in Moscow the
following month.Gloss underwent brief training alongside Nepalese mercenaries before being deployed to a paratrooper base in Ryazan
He was reportedly assigned to an assault unit sent to eastern Ukraine in December 2023 and last appeared online in mid-March, weeks before
he was killed during offensive operations near Soledar in the Donetsk region.Gloss was one of more than 1,500 foreign nationals from 48
Russian citizenship and attract investors for environmental projects, though some said he never intended to fight, while others believed he
