Penelope
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Need I say more, and Trump let Manafort head his campaign, although he was paid by someone else.
Trump hired a Russian foreign agent. He also was in Crimea. Read Rinat Akhmetov - the Godfather of the Party of Regions,
and now the Republicans just took sanctions off of Oleg Deripaska. Read about Bob Dole, etc.
If you do not think Trump is beholden to Russia, you are dearly wrong.
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In 2006, Manafort was behind demonstrations in Crimea against NATO, the Times reported. Viktor Yanukovych's pro-Russian Party of Regions led the protests. Russia is known to stand against NATO, an alliance it is not a member of.
The memo from the prosecutor said: "It was his political effort to raise the prestige of Yanukovych and his party — the confrontation and division of society on ethnic and linguistic grounds is his trick from the time of the elections in Angola and the Philippines. While I was in the Crimea I constantly saw evidence suggesting that Paul Manafort considered autonomy [from Ukraine] as a tool to enhance the reputation of Yanukovych and win over the local electorate."
In the past, Republicans have supported arming Ukrainians to fight Russian forces trying to move in on parts of the country. But since Trump became the Republican nominee for president, language in the party platform that referenced supporting Ukrainian nationalists was removed.
People within the party blamed Manafort, who worked as a consultant for Yanukovych's government.
Manafort has also been accused of accepting payments from the Yanukovych regime without disclosing them to the US government, which would be illegal.
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Trump himself seems to have been influenced by Manafort's loyalties. He suggested in an interview last month that he supported Russia's invasion of Crimea.
Ukrainian prosecutor alleges Trump campaign chair encouraged Russia's annexation of Crimea
US lifts sanctions on Rusal and other firms linked to Russian oligarch Deripaska
Trump hired a Russian foreign agent. He also was in Crimea. Read Rinat Akhmetov - the Godfather of the Party of Regions,
and now the Republicans just took sanctions off of Oleg Deripaska. Read about Bob Dole, etc.
If you do not think Trump is beholden to Russia, you are dearly wrong.
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In 2006, Manafort was behind demonstrations in Crimea against NATO, the Times reported. Viktor Yanukovych's pro-Russian Party of Regions led the protests. Russia is known to stand against NATO, an alliance it is not a member of.
The memo from the prosecutor said: "It was his political effort to raise the prestige of Yanukovych and his party — the confrontation and division of society on ethnic and linguistic grounds is his trick from the time of the elections in Angola and the Philippines. While I was in the Crimea I constantly saw evidence suggesting that Paul Manafort considered autonomy [from Ukraine] as a tool to enhance the reputation of Yanukovych and win over the local electorate."
In the past, Republicans have supported arming Ukrainians to fight Russian forces trying to move in on parts of the country. But since Trump became the Republican nominee for president, language in the party platform that referenced supporting Ukrainian nationalists was removed.
People within the party blamed Manafort, who worked as a consultant for Yanukovych's government.
Manafort has also been accused of accepting payments from the Yanukovych regime without disclosing them to the US government, which would be illegal.
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Trump himself seems to have been influenced by Manafort's loyalties. He suggested in an interview last month that he supported Russia's invasion of Crimea.
"You know, the people of Crimea, from what I've heard, would rather be with Russia than where they were," he said in an interview.
Ukrainian prosecutor alleges Trump campaign chair encouraged Russia's annexation of Crimea
US lifts sanctions on Rusal and other firms linked to Russian oligarch Deripaska