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| US tried to ‘crudely’ pressure Russian citizens into becoming agents – Kremlin | US tried to ‘crudely’ pressure Russian citizens into becoming agents – Kremlin |
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| In recent years, the US had been “very crudely” trying to recruit Russians as spies, exerting moral and other types of pressure on them, a spokesperson for the Kremlin said. | In recent years, the US had been “very crudely” trying to recruit Russians as spies, exerting moral and other types of pressure on them, a spokesperson for the Kremlin said. |
| Dmitry Peskov was commenting on the recent story published in the New York Times, suggesting that in 2014-2016 the FBI and the US Department of Justice were trying to recruit Russian business tycoon Oleg Deripaska as an informant. | Dmitry Peskov was commenting on the recent story published in the New York Times, suggesting that in 2014-2016 the FBI and the US Department of Justice were trying to recruit Russian business tycoon Oleg Deripaska as an informant. |
| READ MORE: Desperate for collusion proof, FBI ‘tried & failed to recruit Russian oligarchs’ – report | |
| According to the paper, the US officials wanted to make the businessman share information on Russian organized crime and the alleged Russian aid to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. | |
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