BREAKING: Leaked emails reveal that a Kremlin-linked lobbying group offered payments to several European politicians to promote pro-Russia policies.
Legitimizing the annexation of Crimea being chief among them.
Here’s what we found👇
#KremlinConnection
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Legitimizing the annexation of Crimea being chief among them.
Here’s what we found👇
#KremlinConnection
occrp.org/en/investigati…
The emails belong to Russian parliamentary staffer Sargis Mirzakhanian, who played a key role in the International Agency for Current Policy, which arranged payments to politicians in the EU parliament as well as in individual European countries. 
In one email, Mirzakhanian referred to the money dedicated to influencing politicians from 🇮🇹 Italy and 🇦🇹Austria as the “price of the vote”after both politicians had tabled resolutions in their respective legislatures against Russian sanctions over Crimea.
The influence campaign had success stories in Italy 🇮🇹
For example, the region of Veneto was the first in the EU to pass a motion giving legitimacy to the annexation.
Leaked emails show it was drafted with the help of Mirzakhanian’s group.
For example, the region of Veneto was the first in the EU to pass a motion giving legitimacy to the annexation.
Leaked emails show it was drafted with the help of Mirzakhanian’s group.
🇨🇾 The group won a larger victory in Cyprus, where in 2016 a motion passed that, amongst other things, called for removing EU sanctions against individual Russians.
Emails show that the Russian group drafted the motion w/ the Cypriot politicians who presented it to parliament.
Emails show that the Russian group drafted the motion w/ the Cypriot politicians who presented it to parliament.
The emails came from a Ukrainian hacktivist group and were obtained by journalists at 🇪🇪@eestiekspress, who then shared them with OCCRP, 🇮🇹@IrpiMedia and 🇦🇹@profilonline.
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