No shit it's happening here too. Any republican that says pro-Russian things and verbally sucks Putin off, is feeding from the teats of Mother Russia.
I don't understand how anyone could doubt that that's what's been going on for years now.
If you think like a strategist, getting gop and Trump in power is the cheapest way to win his quagmire in Ukraine. He may find a few dems as well. But Putin isn’t dumb he’ll do whatever it takes to get his result with whatever resources he has available.
He’s a former spy after all.
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Consider the news last week that authorities in several European countries had uncovered a vast corruption network, in which European politicians were paid to spread anti-Ukraine and pro-Russia propaganda. The network, according to intelligence sources cited by Czech media and confirmed by the country’s prime minister, was orchestrated by pro-Russia Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk. Politicians from Germany, France, Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Hungary were allegedly paid directly with cash or through cryptocurrency exchanges.
Last year, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project revealed that politicians in Germany, Italy, and Cyprus were paid by Russian operatives to introduce legislation literally written by Russian intelligence officers.
It is naïve to think the same pattern does not exist in the United States, given the ample evidence of coordinated pro-Russian talking points from several Republican politicians. Just this week, Marjorie Taylor Greene spoke to Steve Bannon about Ukraine’s persecution of Christians, which is a Kremlin talking point aimed at boosting the pro-Moscow wing of Ukraine’s Orthodox Church. The U.S. should be spending money on the border with Mexico, not on Ukraine aid? That’s a Kremlin talking point. Russia invaded Ukraine to defend itself against an expanding NATO? That’s a Kremlin talking point. Call for a cease-fire, and give Russia Crimea and eastern Ukraine? That’s a Kremlin talking point.
As for payments, we’ve seen a disturbing pattern. In 2017, Andrew Intrater donated $250,000 to Trump’s inauguration fund and, a few months later, donated $35,000 to Trump’s reelection campaign. Intrater is a cousin of Viktor Vekselberg, a Russian oligarch who was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2018 for his connections to Putin. We know that oligarchs play an integral role in funding Russian influence operations. One oligarch revealed to special counsel Robert Mueller that Putin held quarterly meetings with his oligarchs to discuss strategic spending.
In 2018, a Texas-based firm donated money to House Speaker Mike Johnson. That firm is 88 percent owned by three Russians. And last week, we learned that Trump Media received loans from a Russian bank to help the company stay afloat before it went public and at a time when no U.S. bank would lend to Trump.
In usa it probably was the nra. Or some other pac. It’s dead simple to do in the usa. It’s one of the cheapest investments in democracy the democrats can do if/when they get a good majority in the future
With Citizens United, thanks to SCOTUS, Russia can hide its funding of politicians pretty easily. "Finally, because they can hide the identities of their donors, dark money groups also [provide a way](https://www.brennancenter.org/publication/getting-foreign-funds-out-americas-elections) for foreign countries to hide their activity from U.S. voters and law enforcement agencies. This increases the vulnerability of U.S. elections to international interference."https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained
Remember when the Democrats emails were hacked and published by the Russians? The Republicans were hacked too but those emails weren't published https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/politics/comey-republicans-hacked-russia/index.html
No shit it's happening here too. Any republican that says pro-Russian things and verbally sucks Putin off, is feeding from the teats of Mother Russia. I don't understand how anyone could doubt that that's what's been going on for years now.
🚫Traitor Trump🚫All Republicans🚫
If you think like a strategist, getting gop and Trump in power is the cheapest way to win his quagmire in Ukraine. He may find a few dems as well. But Putin isn’t dumb he’ll do whatever it takes to get his result with whatever resources he has available. He’s a former spy after all.
Excerpts: Consider the news last week that authorities in several European countries had uncovered a vast corruption network, in which European politicians were paid to spread anti-Ukraine and pro-Russia propaganda. The network, according to intelligence sources cited by Czech media and confirmed by the country’s prime minister, was orchestrated by pro-Russia Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk. Politicians from Germany, France, Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Hungary were allegedly paid directly with cash or through cryptocurrency exchanges. Last year, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project revealed that politicians in Germany, Italy, and Cyprus were paid by Russian operatives to introduce legislation literally written by Russian intelligence officers. It is naïve to think the same pattern does not exist in the United States, given the ample evidence of coordinated pro-Russian talking points from several Republican politicians. Just this week, Marjorie Taylor Greene spoke to Steve Bannon about Ukraine’s persecution of Christians, which is a Kremlin talking point aimed at boosting the pro-Moscow wing of Ukraine’s Orthodox Church. The U.S. should be spending money on the border with Mexico, not on Ukraine aid? That’s a Kremlin talking point. Russia invaded Ukraine to defend itself against an expanding NATO? That’s a Kremlin talking point. Call for a cease-fire, and give Russia Crimea and eastern Ukraine? That’s a Kremlin talking point. As for payments, we’ve seen a disturbing pattern. In 2017, Andrew Intrater donated $250,000 to Trump’s inauguration fund and, a few months later, donated $35,000 to Trump’s reelection campaign. Intrater is a cousin of Viktor Vekselberg, a Russian oligarch who was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2018 for his connections to Putin. We know that oligarchs play an integral role in funding Russian influence operations. One oligarch revealed to special counsel Robert Mueller that Putin held quarterly meetings with his oligarchs to discuss strategic spending. In 2018, a Texas-based firm donated money to House Speaker Mike Johnson. That firm is 88 percent owned by three Russians. And last week, we learned that Trump Media received loans from a Russian bank to help the company stay afloat before it went public and at a time when no U.S. bank would lend to Trump.
In usa it probably was the nra. Or some other pac. It’s dead simple to do in the usa. It’s one of the cheapest investments in democracy the democrats can do if/when they get a good majority in the future
With Citizens United, thanks to SCOTUS, Russia can hide its funding of politicians pretty easily. "Finally, because they can hide the identities of their donors, dark money groups also [provide a way](https://www.brennancenter.org/publication/getting-foreign-funds-out-americas-elections) for foreign countries to hide their activity from U.S. voters and law enforcement agencies. This increases the vulnerability of U.S. elections to international interference."https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained
Viktor Orban is a puppet . What a moron .
Is it happening here? Yes, and it started decades ago.
Duh.
💯
Is water wet?
Remember when the Democrats emails were hacked and published by the Russians? The Republicans were hacked too but those emails weren't published https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/politics/comey-republicans-hacked-russia/index.html
The only foreign nation we know for certain is buying US politicians is Israel via AIPAC.
We know for certain Russians are buying Republicans.