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Showing Original Post only (View all)Secret Finding: 60 Russian Payments "To Finance Election Campaign Of 2016 [View all]
https://www.buzzfeed.com/jasonleopold/secret-finding-60-russian-payments-to-finance-election?utm_term=.rhyEGp3Ax#.cfMgDM9adOn Aug. 3 of last year, just as the US presidential election was entering its final, heated phase, the Russian foreign ministry sent nearly $30,000 to its embassy in Washington. The wire transfer, which came from a Kremlin-backed Russian bank, landed in one of the embassys Citibank accounts and contained a remarkable memo line: to finance election campaign of 2016.
That wire transfer is one of more than 60 now being scrutinized by the FBI and other federal agencies investigating Russian involvement in the US election. The transactions, which moved through Citibank accounts and totaled more than $380,000, each came from the Russian foreign ministry and most contained a memo line referencing the financing of the 2016 election.
The money wound up at Russian embassies in almost 60 countries from Afghanistan to Nigeria between Aug. 3 and Sept. 20, 2016. It is not clear how the funds were used. At least one transaction that came into the US originated with VTB Bank, a financial institution that is majority-owned by the Kremlin.
The US Treasury Department placed VTB Bank under sanctions in 2014, following Russias annexation of Crimea. The sanctions prohibit VTB Bank from raising capital or accepting loans from American individuals or companies. A wire transfer to the embassys US bank account is permitted, however, and Citibank has not been accused of any wrongdoing.
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Secret Finding: 60 Russian Payments "To Finance Election Campaign Of 2016 [View all]
deminks
Nov 2017
OP
Add the $100 K they are alleged to have paid for internet ads in rubles and your talking big money!
FarCenter
Nov 2017
#11
So much damage done with so little money. Mind-boggling, and kinda hard on the ego.
crosinski
Nov 2017
#24
Putin must take the prize for most cost effective online campaigning by a wide margin
FarCenter
Nov 2017
#25