Russia accuses Ukraine of sabotaging Trump

[kebob]

Source: Politico

By Kenneth P. Vogel and Julia Ioffe
12/01/16 10:31 PM EST

A top Russian official is accusing the Ukrainian government of undermining Donald Trump’s presidential campaign by trashing him on social media and disseminating dirt on one of his close associates.

A spokeswoman for Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday contended that the Ukrainian government over the summer damaged Trump’s campaign by implicating his then-campaign chief Paul Manafort in a corruption scandal involving a pro-Russian Ukrainian political party funded by oligarchs.

“Ukraine seriously complicated the work of Trump’s election campaign headquarters by planting information according to which Paul Manafort, Trump’s campaign chairman, allegedly accepted money from Ukrainian oligarchs,” Maria Zakharova said at a press briefing, according to a transcript of her remarks posted on the Foreign Ministry’s website. “All of you have heard this remarkable story,” she told assembled reporters.

The renewed scrutiny of Manafort’s dealings in Ukraine comes at an awkward time for the veteran operative and for Trump. As the president-elect works to assemble his foreign policy team, his stance toward Russia and its neighbors is being closely watched by the international community.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/russia-ukraine-trump-manafort-232101

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Somewhere right now, Eric Blair is smiling.

[olddad56]

1. Well I accuse Russia of sabotaging my country by rigging the election for Trump.

[Kittycow]

2. I'm speechless

[moondust]

3. Hey Vlad...

How many children did you kill today?

[Solly Mack]

4. Yeah, OK.

[world wide wally]

5. If this doesn't prove anything to you teabaggers, you are not only stupid You are blind too

[sinkingfeeling]

6. They sure want to protect their little puppet.

[DetlefK]

7. I kid you not: This made me laugh so hard...

[byronius]

8. If I have my way, Russia's going to have a lot more than that to complain about.

Fucking gangster nation. I'd like to see them squashed.

[lark]

9. So, now what?

Does Putin announce to Drumpf he's invading Ukraine to punish them for telling the truth about Drumpf being his fool? Drumpf is such a narcissist, would he support this just because of those facts and whatever personal enrichment Putin sends his way? I'd say yes, but then I absolutely loathe every single thing about that craven idiot.

[hollowdweller]

10. well maybe they should invade them then.