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Interesting discrepancies: According to the Russian media, Rick Perry, U.S. Energy Secretary, has ALREADY ARRIVED to Moscow today, on 9/11, and is visiting till Sept 13 when he meets his counterpart, Alexander Novak. Dugin's pub Tsargrad announced these dates ahead of time. ⬇️ 
2. American media claims only the part of the visit starting on Thursday, Sept 13. The visit, as the Russian media describes it, is covered "frugally." Indeed. Where is Mr. Perry now? It is a long flight, of course. reuters.com/article/us-rus…
3. They are going to talk about sanctions, note the Russian sources. Let's refresh some recent history--still not covered by the press (just like Mr. Perry's visit.)
Security minister @benwallaceMP spoke to me this morning on #Salisbury #GRU #Putin #sanctions. Main takeaways: 1] the govt is keen to embarrass the GRU and deter would-be spies from joining
2] @benwallaceMP went further than May did yesterday in putting the responsibility for the attack directly on Vladimir Putin: "Ultimately the responsibility lies with the leader of that country"
3] And finally, one winner from Brexit will be UK foreign policy says @BWallaceMP because the UK will have the power to act unilaterally against Russia when it comes to sanctions #russia #brexit #sanctions
WATCH @TeamCavuto 4:30PM EST on @FoxNews as I breakdown the latest on #NorthKorea, #China and #PresidentTrump. @realDonaldTrump
#NOKO is following the same pattern of diplomacy that they have always done. They have made pledges that they had no intention of keeping and then they cry foul when the US holds them accountable.
This is the norm but also it is a dangerous game for #KimJongUn because #PresidentTrump has a great deal at stake and Kim does not understand how determined the #POTUS is to WIN.
. @AmbJohnBolton sat down with #Russia's NSC Sec in Geneva for about 5 hours talking international security issues, #Ukraine, #Syria, #Iran. Earlier this year Patrushev was placed on #US sanctions list but said "it was no impediment for him to be meeting [American officials]"
Patrushev came to meeting w/ @AmbJohnBolton w/ a set of proposals #Moscow been elaborating for over a month. One of them allegedly included pull-back of #Iran/ian forces in #Syria in exchange for softening #sanctions on #Tehran. #US rejected the proposal.
#Trump multiplie les #sanctions économiques : contre l'#Iran, la #Russie, la #Chine. Or il s'agit là d'une vieille stratégie économiques et commerciale que les consuls de Lübeck savent déjà mettre en oeuvre en 1358... avec un succès limité. Petit thread du jour, à dérouler ⬇️ !
Au milieu du XIVe siècle, les villes de la Hanse, une alliance de cités marchandes d'Allemagne, dominent le marché européen. Leurs marchands contrôlent le commerce de la laine, du poisson, du bois...
En 1358, la Hanse se réunit à Lübeck pour prendre des mesures contre la ville de Bruges, accusée de ne pas respecter les "privilèges" dont jouissent les marchands hanséates, de multiplier les taxes... Bref, de ne pas la jouer fairplay !
Followup Question to @TheLastRefuge2 "Our Guy Thread"
Reminder -" June 9, 2016" #TrumpTower meeting on #sanctions
"August 2016" Oleg Deripaska secretly meets with Sergei Prikhodka aboard his yacht telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/0…
Reminder -" June 9, 2016" #TrumpTower meeting on #sanctions
"August 2016" Oleg Deripaska secretly meets with Sergei Prikhodka aboard his yacht telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/0…
Deripaska had invited several prostitutes including Nastya Rybka who took pictures and recorded bits of conversations, posted on instagram October 14, 2017. Feb 8, 2018 Alexei Navalny posted this video:
Deripaska: "We've got bad relations with America, because the friend of Sergei Eduardovich (Prikhodko) Nuland's her name, is responsible for them.
When she was your age, she spent a month on a Russian whaling boat. She hates our country after this." #sanctions
When she was your age, she spent a month on a Russian whaling boat. She hates our country after this." #sanctions
According to the @WSJ the Iraqi #government has bank accounts with the U.S. Federal Reserve, where its #dollars are kept, which the Iraqi economy relies upon could be frozen should Iraq violate #sanctions politico.com/magazine/story…
THREAD 1/ Russia's economy has built enough stamina to weather new sanctions – huge reserves, budget surplus, low #inflation bloom.bg/2OZUuwe
2/ Russia's yield rose after the sanctions announcement, but from macro point of view, sanctions on new #ruble debt won't be catastrophic bloom.bg/2OZUuwe
3/ In response to the ruble weakening on the sanctions news, Russia's central bank reduced planned purchases of FX and the ruble pared losses after that step bloom.bg/2OZUuwe
WATCH: @cvpayne tonight, 6pm on @FoxBusiness as I break down #Russia's threats in the wake of #President @realDonaldTrump's new #sanctions against them.
#putin #trump #presidenttrump #russiasanctions #internationallaw #assasination
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#putin #trump #presidenttrump #russiasanctions #internationallaw #assasination
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How does the sanctions issued by #PresidentTrump against #Russia in any way resemble the narrative many on the #left have fabricated that he is a pawn of #Putin?
#trump #president #sanctions #russiasanctions #internationallaw #assassination
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#trump #president #sanctions #russiasanctions #internationallaw #assassination
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Time + time again, #President #Trump is firm w/#Russia, and he’s done it again with the @StateDept declaring that #Russia has violated #InternationalLaw.
Russia’s protests should come as no surprise to a President who has, and continues, to show a firm hand in dealing with them.
Russia’s protests should come as no surprise to a President who has, and continues, to show a firm hand in dealing with them.
THREAD: @realDonaldTrump now *admits* that Don Jr sought Clinton dirt at his meeting w/the #Russian🇷🇺”lawyer”/spy & a “former” GRU military intel officer.
It’s a CRIME for a campaign to solicit or receive *anything* from a foreign national, let alone #Russian intelligence.🙄1/
It’s a CRIME for a campaign to solicit or receive *anything* from a foreign national, let alone #Russian intelligence.🙄1/
We knew last year that Jr, Manafort & Kush met w/a Kremlin-linked “lawyer,” a “former” #Russian🇷🇺spy w/expertise in acquiring hacked emails, and an alleged Russian money launderer👉🏼they discussed #sanctions, Clinton #kompromat, and #RNC donations.🔥2/
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We also knew last year that Team🇷🇺Trump tried *desperately* to cover up the meeting.
Kushner “forgot” (= #felony) to disclose the meeting *3 separate times* on his SF-86, and Jr & his father, Trump, LIED repeatedly about the meeting.🙄 3/
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Kushner “forgot” (= #felony) to disclose the meeting *3 separate times* on his SF-86, and Jr & his father, Trump, LIED repeatedly about the meeting.🙄 3/
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👉New GOP Talking Point:
➕It's a positive thing that the Russians hacked the 2016 Election!
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➕It's a positive thing that the Russians hacked the 2016 Election!
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❗️Except 🍊didn't get the memo!
⁉️Which is it? Did you do it or not?!?
⁉️Which is it? Did you do it or not?!?
😖Seriously, GOP, you're going to use this as a talking point?!?
🛑BREAKING🛑
#FISA warrant application from Oct'16 for Carter Page released.
👉🏼calls Page a #Russian🇷🇺agent
👉🏼discloses Simpson/Steele ties w/"Candidate #2" (HRC)
👉🏼says #Russia coordinated w/Page & "perhaps others" to influence the election
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#FISA warrant application from Oct'16 for Carter Page released.
👉🏼calls Page a #Russian🇷🇺agent
👉🏼discloses Simpson/Steele ties w/"Candidate #2" (HRC)
👉🏼says #Russia coordinated w/Page & "perhaps others" to influence the election
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🔥This is the *first* time that a #FISA application has EVER been released.🧐
The #FBI didn't mince words, initially identifying the target of the FISA application as, "Carter W. Page, a US person, and an agent of a foreign power, described in detail below." 2/
#TrumpRussia
The #FBI didn't mince words, initially identifying the target of the FISA application as, "Carter W. Page, a US person, and an agent of a foreign power, described in detail below." 2/
#TrumpRussia
🔥WHOA🔥
Paul Erickson, the “boyfriend” of accused #Russian🇷🇺spy Maria Butina, recommended KT McFarland (Flynn’s “brain”) to serve as Deputy NSA.🤨
In Dec’16, MacFarland wrote that #Russia🇷🇺had “just thrown the USA election to him (@realDonaldTrump)”‼️
cc @ScottMStedman
Paul Erickson, the “boyfriend” of accused #Russian🇷🇺spy Maria Butina, recommended KT McFarland (Flynn’s “brain”) to serve as Deputy NSA.🤨
In Dec’16, MacFarland wrote that #Russia🇷🇺had “just thrown the USA election to him (@realDonaldTrump)”‼️
cc @ScottMStedman
Just *one day* after Obama imposed #sanctions on #Russia🇷🇺for hacking Democratic groups & state voting systems, McFarland ADMITTED IN WRITING that #Russia had THROWN THE ELECTION TO TRUMP‼️
#Treason
#TrumpRussia
#Treason
#TrumpRussia
*Mere hours* after Obama imposed #sanctions, McFarland wrote that Misha Flynn would be speaking to then #Russian🇷🇺ambassador Kislyak.🙄
#Collusion
#TrumpRussia
#Collusion
#TrumpRussia
>> NEW INCIDENT near #Salisbury:: Two collapse in #Amesbury, UK—near site of Russian spy #Skripal poisoning by military grade chemical weapon - BBC News bbc.com/news/uk-englan…
#BREAKING: Police now say pair found unconscious in Wiltshire U.K. were poisoned with Novichok, same chemical nerve agent that poisoned ex-Russian spy Sergei #Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury, just 4 months ago bbc.co.uk/news/uk-447196… #Amesbury
BREAKING >> Following detailed analysis of samples, British counter-terrorism police confirm unconscious man & woman in #Amesbury have been exposed to the nerve agent #Novichok—the same nerve agent that poisoned Yulia & Sergei #Skripal #Russia #Wiltshire
@realDonaldTrump @FoxNews Doesnt sound like IC thinks its a witch hunt. Will u acknowledge #Russia is STILL trying to disrupt our society? #IntelligenceCommittee hearing former IO said Russia was lingering abt USA n areas where they werent normally supposed 2b n '17 & arnd undergrnd fiber optic cables 1/
@realDonaldTrump @FoxNews 2/this led IOs to conclude that #Kremlin was quietly waging effort to map USA's telecommunications infrastructure perhaps preparing for an opportunity to disrupt it. #russia escalating #spygames report from June 2017 n @politico went unnoticed at the time @AriMelber
@realDonaldTrump @FoxNews @politico @AriMelber 3/then n '18 YOUR admin accused #russia of engineering a series of cyberattacks targeting US & EU nuclear powr plnts & electrical sys. @nytimes did a story "Cyberattacks put Russian fingers on switch at power plants, US says" March 15, 2018 @nicoleperlroth @SangerNYT #Maddow
1/ for folks hit by OFAC sanctions business has gotten very hard. Even fnon-US businesses have to think if they aren’t inadvertently falling foul with US; as that analysis costs money, it may be cheaper to drop the business altogether.
#sanctions #erpscan #embedi #kaspersky
#sanctions #erpscan #embedi #kaspersky
2/ but you have to at least understand US logic: Russia is waging an aggressive cyber campaign against US. Apart from retaliating the same way, sanctions are an appropriate instrument.
#sanctions #erpscan #embedi #kaspersky
#sanctions #erpscan #embedi #kaspersky
US has concluded that Russian executive power can compel anyone to do their bidding “or else” (lose company, be hurt). In that environment protests of individual businesses mean little as they cannot be in Russia and stand up to he state #sanctions #erpscan #embedi #kaspersky
WATCH: @dailybriefing w/@DanaPerino at 2pmEST, @FoxNews. I join with latest on #KimJongUn, #China, and why is #Russia sending their foreign minister to meet with #NorthKorea?
#diplomacy #asia #sanctions #unitednations #nuclear #peace #peacesummit #FoxNews
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#diplomacy #asia #sanctions #unitednations #nuclear #peace #peacesummit #FoxNews
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#NorthKorea is trying to push back against @realDonaldTrump with assertions they will not #denuclearize. Combined with a visit from a top #Russian diplomat, the #President faces probably his toughest diplomatic challenge yet.
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#China trying to preserve #trade imbalance that favors them + making threats against #PresidentTrump's proposed tariff hikes. Combined w/ their #nuclearprogram, cannot be ignored as factor in the upcoming #peacesummit between the President and #KimJongUn
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🔥CORRUPTION🔥
THREAD: Elliott Broidy flooded the @GOP Congress & WH w/political cash to **buy access & influence** that he & George Nader allegedly **sold ILLEGALLY** to the crown princes of #SaudiArabia & UAE‼️🤬1/
#Corruption
#ComplicitGOP
#FARA
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THREAD: Elliott Broidy flooded the @GOP Congress & WH w/political cash to **buy access & influence** that he & George Nader allegedly **sold ILLEGALLY** to the crown princes of #SaudiArabia & UAE‼️🤬1/
#Corruption
#ComplicitGOP
#FARA
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Broidy & Nader pitched themselves to the crown princes as being able to pass the princes' MESSAGING straight to Trump’s ears.🤨
With NO lobbyist or #FARA registration‼️2/
#Corruption
#MuellerIsComing
With NO lobbyist or #FARA registration‼️2/
#Corruption
#MuellerIsComing
Of course, convicted FELONS Broidy & Nader expected a BIGLY payoff for their treachery👉🏼>$1 billion in shady “consulting” contracts from #SaudiArabia & UAE in return for pushing anti-#Qatar policies to Trump & @GOP leaders in Congress.🤬 3/
#Corruption
#ComplicitGOP
#Corruption
#ComplicitGOP
THREAD: here's why the photos – posted by @StormyDaniels' rockstar attorney @MichaelAvenatti – of Michael Cohen and Misha Flynn with Qatari businessman Ahmed al-Rumaihi at Trump Tower are BIGLY bad news for Team🇷🇺Traitor. 1/
#TrumpRussia
#ImpeachTrump
#TrumpRussia
#ImpeachTrump
Let's go back to the #SteeleDossier👉🏼reported **in October 2016** that #Russia🇷🇺offered a "brokerage" fee for the sale of 19% of #Rosneft shares (equating to ~0.5%) in return for @realDonaldTrump dropping #sanctions.🤨
And yes, it's ALL connected‼️ 2/
#TrumpRussia
And yes, it's ALL connected‼️ 2/
#TrumpRussia
During Village Idiot Carter Page's testimony before @HouseIntelComm, @RepAdamSchiff got Page to admit he discussed the #Rosneft🇷🇺sale & dropping #sanctions w/the head of Rosneft's investor relations (Baranov) in July 2016, **5 months BEFORE** the sale‼️ 3/
#TrumpRussia
#TrumpRussia
The #President exhibited a sterling example of international leadership by withdrawing from the broken #IranNuclearDeal. Its the right decision for our safety & the safety of the world, to remove ourself from a deal that leads to a fully nuclear #Iran. #IranDealWithdrawl
World community gnashed their teeth + grumbled when Mr. #Trump moved our #embassy from #TelAviv to #Jerusalem. Now, they're getting behind that decision. I think it will be no different here. #Europe will follow @realDonaldTrump lead on #IranNuclearDeal. #IranDealWithdrawl
There is a 90 day "cooling-off" period before #sanctions are re-imposed on #Iran that will allow #Europe to come back to the negotiating table with us, which will allow them time to save face. #IranDealWithdrawl #IranNuclearDeal #IranDeal
💣BOOM💣
THREAD: @cnn reported in April that Mueller is probing if #Russians🇷🇺 *illegally funneled* cash into Trump's campaign/inauguration. Mueller stopped a #Russian who traveled to the US & searched his electronics👉🏼it was VIKTOR VEKSELBERG‼️1/
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THREAD: @cnn reported in April that Mueller is probing if #Russians🇷🇺 *illegally funneled* cash into Trump's campaign/inauguration. Mueller stopped a #Russian who traveled to the US & searched his electronics👉🏼it was VIKTOR VEKSELBERG‼️1/
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Vekselberg was targeted last month, when the US *finally* imposed more #sanctions on #Russia🇷🇺for helping throw the election to Trump. And 2 months ago, Mueller stopped him and questioned him & searched his electronics.😎
Meaning: Mueller has RECEIPTS‼️😀 2/
#MuellerTime
Meaning: Mueller has RECEIPTS‼️😀 2/
#MuellerTime
Vekselberg attended Trump's inauguration. Mueller's interest in him suggests that Mueller is FOLLOWING THE MONEY & is focused on potential connections btwn #Russian🇷🇺oligarchs and the Trump campaign & inaugural committee.🤨
ANY financial connection would be ILLEGAL‼️ 3/
ANY financial connection would be ILLEGAL‼️ 3/
I have never seen a #PrimeMinister give a tactical level briefing to the world like @netanyahu did today as he outlined how #Iran has lied and broken the #nucleardeal negotiated by @BarackObama & @JohnKerry.
#nuclear #weapon #unitednations #IranDeal
#nuclear #weapon #unitednations #IranDeal
As a former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, I am astonished at the width and breadth of material #Israel produced on #Iran's violations of the #IranDeal, but I believe it is legitimate.
#nuclear #weapon #unitednations #NuclearDeal
#nuclear #weapon #unitednations #NuclearDeal
I don't think @realDonaldTrump will blatantly pull out of the #IranDeal, but I'm convinced he will force #Iran back to the table + there is possibility for #sanctions. Unfortunately, the question is will #Europe support them.
#nuclear #weapon #unitednations #NuclearDeal
#nuclear #weapon #unitednations #NuclearDeal
💣BOOM💣
THREAD: Mueller has **at least FOUR DOZEN questions** on an huge array of subjects he wants to ask Trump to probe his ties w/#Russia🇷🇺 & whether he committed #ObstructionOfJustice‼️ 1/
#MuellerIsComing
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THREAD: Mueller has **at least FOUR DOZEN questions** on an huge array of subjects he wants to ask Trump to probe his ties w/#Russia🇷🇺 & whether he committed #ObstructionOfJustice‼️ 1/
#MuellerIsComing
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The NYTimes **obtained the list of Qs that Mueller wants to ask Trump during an interview.🤨
It's VERY hard to imagine that details of the ACTUAL questions would leak, unless the negotiations btwn Mueller & Trump's lawyers have BROKEN DOWN (as I was told a few months ago).🤔 2/
It's VERY hard to imagine that details of the ACTUAL questions would leak, unless the negotiations btwn Mueller & Trump's lawyers have BROKEN DOWN (as I was told a few months ago).🤔 2/
Overall, Mueller's open-ended Q's attempt to penetrate Trump's thinking (good luck!), to understand Trump's motivation for his crazed Twitter posts & to examine Trump's relationships w/his family and his closest advisers.🤨 3/
💣BOOM💣
THREAD: Mueller has evidence that Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, secretly made a late-summer trip to #Prague during the 2016 campaign👉🏼confirms the #SteeleDossier‼️1/
#TrumpRussia
#MuellerIsComing
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THREAD: Mueller has evidence that Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, secretly made a late-summer trip to #Prague during the 2016 campaign👉🏼confirms the #SteeleDossier‼️1/
#TrumpRussia
#MuellerIsComing
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Cohen has vehemently denied for months that he ever has been in Prague or “colluded w/#Russia🇷🇺” during the campaign.🙄
Neither he nor his lawyer would comment for this story.😎 2/
Neither he nor his lawyer would comment for this story.😎 2/
It’s “unclear” if Mueller also has evidence that Cohen met w/the #Russian🇷🇺—purportedly Putin pal Konstantin Kosachev—in Prague.😎
Kosachev, who denied visiting Prague in 2016, was hit w/#sanctions in retaliation for #Russia’s election interference.🤔 3/
Kosachev, who denied visiting Prague in 2016, was hit w/#sanctions in retaliation for #Russia’s election interference.🤔 3/
