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Manafort began working for Oleg Deripaska, a billionaire Russian oligarch… Deripaska’s alleged ties to the mafia meant that for some years he was unable to get an American visa. … Like all superrich Russians Deripaska perfectly understood Putin’s requirements. When called upon, you did what the president commanded.
—Luke Harding, Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win
#manafort #deripaska #putin #usa #russia #oligarchy

Russian President Vladimir Putin has revealed his real intentions in Ukraine by bombing civilian energy infrastructure after telling Donald Trump that Moscow would stop such attacks, said Finnish President Alexander Stubb.

politico.eu/article/vladimi-pu

POLITICO · Putin showed ‘true face’ by bombing Ukraine after ceasefire call, says Finland’s presidentBy Nicholas Vinocur
#Ukraine#Russia#EU

“After this supposedly groundbreaking, great phone call, the Russian attacks have not decreased,” German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius told German broadcaster ZDF, taking a jab at Trump and dismissing the deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “zero.”

politico.eu/article/german-def

POLITICO · German defense minister slams Trump-Putin partial ceasefire dealBy Chris Lunday
#Ukraine#Russia#EU