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US meddled in Russian affairs by trying to turn its citizens into informants - Kremlin US meddles in Russian affairs by trying to turn our citizens into informants – Kremlin
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In recent years the US has been meddling in Russian affairs by “very crudely” trying to recruit Russians as informants, while exerting moral and other types of pressure on them, a spokesperson for the Kremlin said on Monday. In recent years, the US has been meddling in Russian affairs by “very crudely” trying to recruit Russians as informants, while exerting moral and other types of pressure on them, Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson said on Monday.
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. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov was commenting on a recent story published in the New York Times, stating that in 2014-2016, the FBI and the US Department of Justice tried to recruit Russian business tycoon Oleg Deripaska as an informant.
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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. According to the paper, 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.
Considering that businessmen like Deripaska are “major shareholders and top managers of giant companies,” including those operating in “quite sensitive segments of the Russian economy,” attempts to recruit them constitute “attempts to meddle into Russia’s domestic affairs,” Peskov stressed.
Considering that businessmen like Deripaska are “major shareholders and top managers of major companies,” including those operating in “quite sensitive segments of the Russian economy,” attempts to recruit them constitute “attempts to meddle in Russia’s domestic affairs,” Peskov said.
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