RUSSIA/РОССИЯ THREAD—ASSANGE CHRGD W/ SPYING—DJT IMPEACHED TWICE-US TREASURY SANCTS KILIMNIK AS RUSSIAN AGNT
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I guess that's one way to get rid of Jeff
I guess that's one way to get rid of Jeff
The fact the DNI says this is...depressing.
Nah...Manafort and Stone at least like women of age...Nah nah
I'll give Nap his credit here
WE TAKING "CUCK" BACK
fukk what these Alt-Right shytheads think a cuck is, a Cuck is a man who enjoys watching other men (usually Black men) sexually pleasure his wife.
And yes, Roger Stone is a HUGE cuckhold. As is Manafort.
In fact, now that I think about it....holy shyt...what if THAT is what Putin has on Trump
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The Russian Threat ‘Is Real,’ Trump Officials Say, Vowing to Protect U.S. Elections
The Russian Threat ‘Is Real,’ Trump Officials Say, Vowing to Protect U.S. Elections
Aug. 2, 2018
Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. director, and other top national security officials spoke at a White House news briefing on Thursday.Carlos Barria/Reuters
WASHINGTON — Trump administration officials on Thursday vowed to defend the United States’ elections against threats from Russia and other countries, describing influence campaigns by America’s adversaries in blunt terms rarely used by President Trump.
The heads of the nation’s national security agencies said Russia was still trying to influence and disrupt the midterm elections, and they pledged to help local and state governments counter those efforts in the weeks ahead.
“Russia attempted to interfere with the last election,” Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. director, said, adding that Russian operatives were continuing to operate against the election system in “malign” ways. He said the United States government must face the threat with “fierce determination and focus.”
Mr. Wray and other top national security officials, who spoke at a White House news briefing, did not describe specific threats to the coming elections, and they were vague in saying how the government was responding to what they called Russia’s interference campaign.
Despite Mr. Trump’s public comments playing down the threat from Russia, the officials did not hesitate in directly blaming the Russian government as the primary culprit behind the interference campaign.
“We acknowledge the threat. It is real. It is continuing,” said Dan Coats, the director of national intelligence. “We are doing everything we can to have a legitimate election that everyone can have trust in.”
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USA IS TOOLING UP READY TO FIGHT!
USA IS TOOLING UP READY TO FIGHT!
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the press is stupid for wasting time on this shyt. you KNOW they don't like or respect the media, or its role in society. that is not going to change at all. even if god forbid one of their maga maniacs runs up in CNN trying to kill journalists the administration would STILL say some slick shyt like "we all have a role in lowering the tensions" blah blah blah.
spend your time doing what is effective - namely, putting her on the spot and forcing her to lie over and over again to defend/explain their positions. stop trying to get into this elevated noble discussion about the role of the press etc.
Senator calls for investigation of US companies' relationships with Russian arms manufacturers
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A U.S. senator is pushing the Treasury Department to investigate the relationships between a pair of U.S.-based companies and major weapons and ammunition manufacturers in Russia, ABC News has learned.
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Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon and the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, sent a letter to the head of the Treasury’s enforcement arm on Tuesday, raising concerns about Kalashnikov USA and TulAmmo USA. Both companies continue to conduct business in the United States, Wyden writes, despite “what appear to be” links to and relationships with “the sanctioned Russian state-owned arms manufacturing industry.”
The issue has taken on new urgency, Wyden writes, in light of the recent arrest and indictment of Maria Butina, the alleged Russian covert agent who government prosecutors believe targeted the National Rifle Association to gain influence in American politics and advance Russian interests. Wyden notes that Butina’s mentor, Alexander Torshin, has ties to both companies’ apparent Russian state-owned counterparts, Kalashnikov Concern and Tula Cartridge Plant, through his position at the Central Bank of Russia.
“In light of these allegations, the relationships between Mr. Torshin, other sanctioned Russian individuals and entities, and U.S.-based Russian-linked arms manufacturers merit further scrutiny, including an analysis of whether said companies are functionally managed, owned, or controlled by sanctioned persons,” Wyden wrote in a letter to Andrea M. Gacki, acting director of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
According to Peter Harrell, a former senior State Department sanctions official who is now an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, the companies may not have technically violated the law, but their continued operation is nonetheless concerning.
“There are lots of connections to troubling figures,” Harrell told ABC News. “I would hope that people would think about the fact that in buying this stuff you could be enriching the Russian government and sending profits to Putin and his cronies.”
Following publication of this report, a Treasury spokesperson issued a brief statement to ABC News.
“Treasury responds as appropriate to Congressional inquiries,” the spokesperson said. “Treasury’s OFAC does not publicly discuss investigations, including to confirm whether or not one exists, and does not telegraph sanctions or comment on prospective actions.”
Company officials did not immediately respond to messages left at listed numbers for both Kalashnikov USA and TulAmmo USA.
Several prominent entities within Russia’s military-industrial complex were sanctioned by the United States in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and subsequent annexation of Crimea. Russia’s state-owned defense conglomerate Rostec (which owns significant stakes in both Kalashnikov Concern and Tula Cartridge Plant) and Russia’s largest bank Sberbank (one of Rostec’s major lenders) were hit with sanctions in 2014.
In the letter, a copy of which can be read below, Wyden writes that Kalashnikov USA and Tulammo USA “appear to be closely linked” to two of the largest manufacturers of weapons and ammunition in Russia. Wyden essentially asks whether a complex network of corporations and asset transfers has allowed the companies to evade business-crippling sanctions and preserve their access to the thriving U.S. gun market.
The Florida-based Kalashnikov USA sells rifles, shotguns, pistols and magazines that, according to its website, are “built on the battle-proven AK system” and “incorporate features made specifically for American consumers.”
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A US manufactured 9mm semi-automatic KR-9 SBR rifle is pictured from the Kalashnikov USA website.
According to Bloomberg, Kalashnikov USA is a subsidiary of RWC Group, a U.S.-based company founded in 2011, which is managed by Michael Tiraturian, Kalashnikov USA’s senior vice president.
Bloomberg reported that RWC – which stands for “Russian Weapons Company” – had a deal in place to be the sole U.S. distributor for Kalashnikov Concern, Russia’s largest firearms producer, which . That deal fell through when the company was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury in 2014, but, Bloomberg reported, a subsequent shuffling of assets saw Alexey Krivoruchko, then the CEO of Kalishnikov Concern, make his longtime friend Tiraturian the manager of companies that controlled some of his valuable U.S.-based assets, raising questions about their relationship.
Tiraturian has denied having a business relationship with Krivoruchko, telling Bloomberg “I have never bought anything from him; he has never bought anything from me.” Kalashnikov USA has said it has complied with the law and does not conduct any business with Kalashnikov Concern.
Krivoruchko is not current a specially designated national, but Wyden asks whether his recent position with Kashnikov Concern, his current position within the Russian Federation’s Ministry of Defense, and his relationship with Tiraturin should “raise concerns.”
The Texas-based TulAmmo USA, meanwhile, once noted on its website, which appears to have since been taken down, that the company “represents the Tula Cartridge Works here in the US,” importing and selling steel-cased ammunition manufactured by a factory founded in 1880 by Emperor Alexander II.
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A Tul Ammo product photo.
As first reported by ABC News, the extent of TulAmmo USA’s relationship with the Tula Cartridge Works appears to be closer than the typical buyer-supplier relationship. TulAmmo USA and TulAmmo, its Russian counterpart, which lists the same address at the Tula Cartridge Works, share a name, a logo and at least one former officer.
Igor Rotenberg, an oligarch whose father has been friends with Putin since childhood, purchased 46.176 percent of the Tula Cartridge Works in February 2017, but reduced his share in the factory to 20.23 percent after he was targeted for sanctions by the U.S. Treasury earlier this year. A manager from the factory told Vedomosti, one of Russia’s leading business newspapers, the move was intended to allow the company to keep exporting ammunition.
In an interview with ABC News, TulAmmo USA CEO Ed Grasso confirmed that the company is a distributor for the Tula Cartridge Works but described it as a “completely separate entity” with a legal business arrangement to buy ammunition exported by the Russian factory for sale to consumers. Grasso told ABC News that he was aware of the sanctions against Rostec and Rotenberg but insisted the company has done its due diligence and was confident they wouldn’t impact their business.
According to Harrell, however, both companies could face grim prospects.
“As sanctions against Russia continue to escalate and affect more and more of the Russian defense sector, I suspect it’s going to get harder to sell Russian defense equipment in the United States,” Harrell said. “They could find themselves on the wrong side of the law going forward.”
ABC News’ Patrick Reevell contributed to this report.
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Stop lyin' nicca.
It's a joke man...obviously he's using these high priced jackets to launder dirty money...
But that ostrich jacket was flames tho,Dont front shyt was poppin...I just don't see him wearing it.
Agreed. I like both jackets actually but my point was Manafort wearing them would be the absolute opposite of fly.
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USA IS TOOLING UP READY TO FIGHT!
I thought they got rid of Cyber Com or was that just the White House equivalent?
There is no excuse for this shyt where the media at with this?
Only Rachel Maddow gonna talk about this watch
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