en.crimerussia.com/organizedcrime…
elpais.com/internacional/…
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"I believe I would get along very nicely with Putin, okay? And I mean where we have the strength. I don’t think you’d need the sanctions.”
Maria Butina authors a piece for...wait for it.
Dimitri Simes/The Center for National Interest political magazine.
I wonder if that's the piece Torshin had him personally sign a few months later in October during his trip to Washington. 🤔
nationalinterest.org/feature/the-be…
dropbox.com/sh/1mwbd8j5h7t…
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