<THREAD> Full recordings of Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, made on board his yacht by escort Nastya Rybka, may never see the light of day. Rybka says she handed the tapes back to Deripaska in exchange for a "special something". 1/5 abcn.ws/2nTKvff
That's unfortunate because one of the tapes is said to contain audio of Deripaska talking about Russian intervention in the U.S. elections. Deripaska paid Trump campaign chairman Paull Manafort millions of dollars to promote Russia in the U.S. 2/5 
Manafort even offered Deripaska private briefings on the Trump transition, according to published e-mails. Deripaska is one of Russia's richest men and very close to President Putin. 3/5 wapo.st/2fBe5CI?tid=ss…
Rybka also posted an Instagram video showing Deripaska with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergey Prikhodko, on board the yacht. Prikhodko influences foreign relations in Putin's Kremlin so some suspect he was Deripaska's conduit to Putin on US interference. 4/5
Russia's courts ordered a video exposing the allegations by anti-corruption activist Alexei @navalny removed from Instagram and YouTube. The former complied but you can still watch the YouTube clip below. / END.
