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| | [[File:John-mccain-sergei-millian-600x395.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Alleged Russian agent [[Sergei Millian]] colluding with Sen. John McCain.]] | | [[File:John-mccain-sergei-millian-600x395.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Alleged Russian agent [[Sergei Millian]] colluding with Sen. John McCain.]] |
| − | All Russian ties lay with [[Hillary Clinton]] — [[Uranium One bribery scandal|Uranium One]], the Russia Reset and [[Bill Clinton]]’s $500,000 [[Moscow]] speech. Meanwhile, President Trump promised, and followed through on, a program of national energy self-sufficiency. By 2018 U.S. oil production was booming. This is a direct threat to Russia’s primary source of cash. | + | All Russian ties lay with [[Hillary Clinton]] — [[Uranium One bribery scandal|Uranium One]], the Russia Reset and [[Bill Clinton]]’s $500,000 [[Moscow]] speech. Meanwhile, President Trump promised, and followed through on, a program of national energy self-sufficiency. By 2018 U.S. oil production was booming. This is a direct threat to Russia's primary source of cash. |
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| | The Magnitsky Act denies [[Visa]]s and freezes the assets of Russians who are involved in [[human rights]] abuses. It has proven to be a problem for many Russian [[oligarch]]s and officials, including [[Vladimir Putin]]. The Russian government would dearly love to see the Magnitsky Act repealed. | | The Magnitsky Act denies [[Visa]]s and freezes the assets of Russians who are involved in [[human rights]] abuses. It has proven to be a problem for many Russian [[oligarch]]s and officials, including [[Vladimir Putin]]. The Russian government would dearly love to see the Magnitsky Act repealed. |
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| − | As [[Secretary of State]], Hillary Clinton opposed passage of the Magnitsky Act—a position coinciding with Bill Clinton being paid $500,000 for a Moscow speech on June 29, 2010. While the Magnitsky bill was being formulated, her [[State Department]] was asked by lawmakers to deny visas to the Russian officials who were implicated in the Magnitsky matter. Clinton’s State Department denied the request. The Russian officials who paid for Bill Clinton’s Moscow speech would have been barred from entering the United States if Clinton’s State Department had not denied the request. | + | As [[Secretary of State]], Hillary Clinton opposed passage of the Magnitsky Act—a position coinciding with Bill Clinton being paid $500,000 for a Moscow speech on June 29, 2010. While the Magnitsky bill was being formulated, her [[State Department]] was asked by lawmakers to deny visas to the Russian officials who were implicated in the Magnitsky matter. Clinton's State Department denied the request. The Russian officials who paid for Bill Clinton's Moscow speech would have been barred from entering the United States if Clinton's State Department had not denied the request. |
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| | Throughout the Trump-Russia scandal the Magnitsky Act was used as a pretext to justify the [[Obama administration]]'s illegal domestic spying on political opponents. | | Throughout the Trump-Russia scandal the Magnitsky Act was used as a pretext to justify the [[Obama administration]]'s illegal domestic spying on political opponents. |
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| | The families of communist party leaders in the [[United States]] and [[Soviet Union]] maintained contact with each other over the ensuing decades. Browder made his billions looting the former [[Soviet Union]].<ref>In a review of ''[[New York Times]]'' reporter Anne Williamson's book, ''Contagion: The Betrayal of Liberty -- Russia and the United States in the 1990'', Paul Likoudis writes: "According to the [[socialist]] theoreticians at [[Harvard]], Russia needed to be brought into the [[New World Order]] in a hurry; and what better way to do it than [[Jeffrey Sachs|[Jeffrey] Sachs']] "shock therapy" -- a plan that empowered the degenerate, third-generation descendants of the original [[Bolshevik]]s by assigning them the deeds of Russia's mightiest state-owned industries -- including the giant gas, oil, electrical, and telecommunications industries, the world's largest paper, iron, and steel factories, the world's richest gold, silver, diamond, and platinum mines, automobile and airplane factories, etc. -- who, in turn, sold some of their shares of the properties to Westerners for a song, and pocketed the cash, while retaining control of the companies. | | The families of communist party leaders in the [[United States]] and [[Soviet Union]] maintained contact with each other over the ensuing decades. Browder made his billions looting the former [[Soviet Union]].<ref>In a review of ''[[New York Times]]'' reporter Anne Williamson's book, ''Contagion: The Betrayal of Liberty -- Russia and the United States in the 1990'', Paul Likoudis writes: "According to the [[socialist]] theoreticians at [[Harvard]], Russia needed to be brought into the [[New World Order]] in a hurry; and what better way to do it than [[Jeffrey Sachs|[Jeffrey] Sachs']] "shock therapy" -- a plan that empowered the degenerate, third-generation descendants of the original [[Bolshevik]]s by assigning them the deeds of Russia's mightiest state-owned industries -- including the giant gas, oil, electrical, and telecommunications industries, the world's largest paper, iron, and steel factories, the world's richest gold, silver, diamond, and platinum mines, automobile and airplane factories, etc. -- who, in turn, sold some of their shares of the properties to Westerners for a song, and pocketed the cash, while retaining control of the companies. |
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| − | These third-generation Bolsheviks -- led by former [[Pravda]] hack [[Yegor Gaidar]], grandson of a Bolshevik who achieved prominence as the [[Young mass murderers|teenage mass murderer]] of [[White Army]] officers, now heads the Moscow-based Institute for Economies in Transition -- became instant millionaires (or billionaires) and left the Russian workers virtual slaves of them and their new foreign investors."<br>[https://www.blacklistednews.com/HOW_CLINTON_AND_COMPANY_AND_THE_BANKERS_PLUNDERED_RUSSIA_IN_THE_%2790S/48111/0/38/38/Y/M.html HOW CLINTON AND COMPANY AND THE BANKERS PLUNDERED RUSSIA IN THE '90s], Paul Likoudis, January 2, 2016 </ref> With the collapse of the Soviet [[economic planning|command and control economy]], bankrupt [[Soviet]] government economic enterprises were privatized and sold off, attracting outside foreign investment. At the time of the privatization movement, the only people in Russia with economic resources and foreign contacts were [[leftwing]] [[communist]] party bosses. Browder, working for [[Wall Street]] firms, managed very large investments and originally was a close ally of [[Vladimir Putin]]. | + | These third-generation Bolsheviks -- led by former [[Pravda]] hack [[Yegor Gaidar]], grandson of a Bolshevik who achieved prominence as the [[Young mass murderers|teenage mass murderer]] of [[White Army]] officers, now heads the Moscow-based Institute for Economies in Transition -- became instant millionaires (or billionaires) and left the Russian workers virtual slaves of them and their new foreign investors."<br>[https://www.blacklistednews.com/HOW_CLINTON_AND_COMPANY_AND_THE_BANKERS_PLUNDERED_RUSSIA_IN_THE_%2790S/48111/0/38/38/Y/M.html HOW CLINTON AND COMPANY AND THE BANKERS PLUNDERED RUSSIA IN THE '90s], Paul Likoudis, January 2, 2016</ref> With the collapse of the Soviet [[economic planning|command and control economy]], bankrupt [[Soviet]] government economic enterprises were privatized and sold off, attracting outside foreign investment. At the time of the privatization movement, the only people in Russia with economic resources and foreign contacts were [[leftwing]] [[communist]] party bosses. Browder, working for [[Wall Street]] firms, managed very large investments and originally was a close ally of [[Vladimir Putin]]. |
| | [[File:Targeted sanctions.jpg|right|250px|thumb|''Targetted Sanctions'', a Moscow art exhibit responds to passage of the Magnitsky Act.]] | | [[File:Targeted sanctions.jpg|right|250px|thumb|''Targetted Sanctions'', a Moscow art exhibit responds to passage of the Magnitsky Act.]] |
| | Browder invested about $230 million on behalf of Wall Street investors and some of his own money in the supposed new [[free market]] of the [[Russian Federation]]. By the 2010s, Browder accused the Russians of fraudulent accounting after sustaining big losses. Putin however, claimed Browder owed massive taxes after looting the country. | | Browder invested about $230 million on behalf of Wall Street investors and some of his own money in the supposed new [[free market]] of the [[Russian Federation]]. By the 2010s, Browder accused the Russians of fraudulent accounting after sustaining big losses. Putin however, claimed Browder owed massive taxes after looting the country. |
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| | ==FusionGPS== | | ==FusionGPS== |
| | [[File:PhotoEditor-20181005152829.jpg|right|250px|thumb|'''[[Glenn Simpson]] was working for both [[Natalia Veselnitskaya]] ''and'' [[Hillary Clinton]] at the time of the Trump Tower meeting.''' Simpson gave the alleged "dirt" to Veselnitskaya, which she carried into the meeting; all it amounted to was "dirt" on [[Clinton Foundation]] donors.]] | | [[File:PhotoEditor-20181005152829.jpg|right|250px|thumb|'''[[Glenn Simpson]] was working for both [[Natalia Veselnitskaya]] ''and'' [[Hillary Clinton]] at the time of the Trump Tower meeting.''' Simpson gave the alleged "dirt" to Veselnitskaya, which she carried into the meeting; all it amounted to was "dirt" on [[Clinton Foundation]] donors.]] |
| − | [[Natalia Veselnitskaya]] is a Russian lawyer hired to represent Prevezon in an [[asset forfeiture]] settlement; while in the United States settling the case, Veselnitskaya hired [[FusionGPS]] to engage in unregistered lobbying to repeal Russian sanctions (the Magnitsky Act).<ref>"to remove the name “Magnitsky” from the Global Magnitsky Act, delay the bills passage, and cast doubt on the Justice Dept.’s version of events prior to the passage of the Magnitsky Act. The defrauded complainant referred to Simpson, who was hired by the [[2016 Clinton campaign|Clinton campaign]] and [[DNC]] as "a professional smear campaigner.” “[[Glenn Simpson]] knowingly spread false information on behalf of people connected to the Russian government to try to protect Russian torturers and murderers from consequences.” https://dailycaller.com/2017/01/13/exclusive-oppo-researcher-behind-trump-dossier-is-linked-to-pro-kremlin-lobbying-effort/</ref> Veselnitskaya also took part in an entrapment sting targeting Donald Trump, Jr., [[Jared Kushner]], and [[Paul Manafort]] conducted by FusionGPS and the [[FBI]], to frame the [[2016 Trump campaign]] as colluding with Russia to violate sanctions. Bill Browder testified July 27, 2017, | + | [[Natalia Veselnitskaya]] is a Russian lawyer hired to represent Prevezon in an [[asset forfeiture]] settlement; while in the United States settling the case, Veselnitskaya hired [[FusionGPS]] to engage in unregistered lobbying to repeal Russian sanctions (the Magnitsky Act).<ref>"to remove the name “Magnitsky” from the Global Magnitsky Act, delay the bills passage, and cast doubt on the Justice Dept.’s version of events prior to the passage of the Magnitsky Act. The defrauded complainant referred to Simpson, who was hired by the [[2016 Clinton campaign|Clinton campaign]] and [[DNC]] as "a professional smear campaigner.” “[[Glenn Simpson]] knowingly spread false information on behalf of people connected to the Russian government to try to protect Russian torturers and murderers from consequences.” https://dailycaller.com/2017/01/13/exclusive-oppo-researcher-behind-trump-dossier-is-linked-to-pro-kremlin-lobbying-effort/</ref> Veselnitskaya also took part in an entrapment sting targeting Donald Trump Jr., [[Jared Kushner]], and [[Paul Manafort]] conducted by FusionGPS and the [[FBI]], to frame the [[2016 Trump campaign]] as colluding with Russia to violate sanctions. Bill Browder testified July 27, 2017, |
| | {{quotebox-float|[[Lindsey Graham|Sen. Graham]]: “So, I just want to absorb that for a moment. The group that did the dossier on President Trump hired this British spy [ [[Chris Steele]] ], wound up getting it to the [[FBI]]. You believe they were working for the Russians?”<br><br>Browder: “And in the Spring and Summer of 2016 they were receiving money indirectly from [Katsyv] a senior Russian government official.”<ref>https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/07-26-17%20Browder%20Testimony.pdf</ref>}} | | {{quotebox-float|[[Lindsey Graham|Sen. Graham]]: “So, I just want to absorb that for a moment. The group that did the dossier on President Trump hired this British spy [ [[Chris Steele]] ], wound up getting it to the [[FBI]]. You believe they were working for the Russians?”<br><br>Browder: “And in the Spring and Summer of 2016 they were receiving money indirectly from [Katsyv] a senior Russian government official.”<ref>https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/07-26-17%20Browder%20Testimony.pdf</ref>}} |
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| | {{See also|Russia-Ukraine war|Great Reset}} | | {{See also|Russia-Ukraine war|Great Reset}} |
| | [[File:Azov Nazis.PNG|right|300px|thumb|In 2022 the Democrat Congress voted to give $116 billion in aid to [[Ukrainian Nazis]]; [[inflation]] in the [[US]] hit 9%.]] | | [[File:Azov Nazis.PNG|right|300px|thumb|In 2022 the Democrat Congress voted to give $116 billion in aid to [[Ukrainian Nazis]]; [[inflation]] in the [[US]] hit 9%.]] |
| − | In response to Russia's [[Special Military Operation]] to demilitarize and denazify [[Ukraine]], [[corporate]] [[globalist]]s began disemboweling themselves. Major oil companies, including Exxon, BP, and Shell, ended joint investment projects with Russian oil companies. Major retailers, including H&M, Nike, Ikea, and TJX, shut down Russian sales and closed stores. Visa, Mastercard, and American Express shut down global services in Russia… Boeing cut off support for Russian airlines and closed its offices in Moscow, while Delta ended its Russian code-sharing arrangement. FedEx and UPS shut services to Russia. Apple, Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft all have taken significant action.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/whitehead-rise-global-fascism-and-end-world-we-know-it</ref> The Russian population, which is rich in food and energy supplies, likely will not suffer the energy and food shocks the West and the United States cut out for itself with sanctions, although Russians will be deprived of [[Netflix]]. | + | In response to Russia's [[Special Military Operation]] to demilitarize and denazify [[Ukraine]], [[corporate]] [[globalist]]s began disemboweling themselves. Major oil companies, including Exxon, BP, and Shell, ended joint investment projects with Russian oil companies. Major retailers, including H&M, Nike, Ikea, and TJX, shut down Russian sales and closed stores. Visa, Mastercard, and American Express shut down global services in Russia... Boeing cut off support for Russian airlines and closed its offices in Moscow, while Delta ended its Russian code-sharing arrangement. FedEx and UPS shut services to Russia. Apple, Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft all have taken significant action.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/whitehead-rise-global-fascism-and-end-world-we-know-it</ref> The Russian population, which is rich in food and energy supplies, likely will not suffer the energy and food shocks the West and the United States cut out for itself with sanctions, although Russians will be deprived of [[Netflix]]. |
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| | ''Moonofalabama'' predicted on day of the [[special military operation]], "The U.S. is pushing its European 'allies' to commit economic suicide by sanctioning everything Russia. The U.S. should be more careful. It is one of the biggest buyers of Russian oil and its aircraft industry depends on [[titanium]] from Russia. Russia surely knows who is trying to hurt it the most and it surely knows how, and has the means to, hurt back."<ref>https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/02/disarming-ukraine-day-1.html</ref> | | ''Moonofalabama'' predicted on day of the [[special military operation]], "The U.S. is pushing its European 'allies' to commit economic suicide by sanctioning everything Russia. The U.S. should be more careful. It is one of the biggest buyers of Russian oil and its aircraft industry depends on [[titanium]] from Russia. Russia surely knows who is trying to hurt it the most and it surely knows how, and has the means to, hurt back."<ref>https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/02/disarming-ukraine-day-1.html</ref> |