NEW via @NPR: Now-sanctioned @NRA-linked 🇷🇺 senator Alexander Torshin made numerous trips to the US to influence conservatives starting in '09.
One of his 1st outreaches was an approach made via spymaster & then-Amb. Sergey Kislyak to meet w/Palin.
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npr.org/2018/05/11/610…
One of his 1st outreaches was an approach made via spymaster & then-Amb. Sergey Kislyak to meet w/Palin.
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npr.org/2018/05/11/610…
Of concern, in '12, a local TN lawyer w/ties to Putin made an application to the TN Secretary of State for Torshin to be granted 'election observer' status.
Records show that Torshin & a 🇷🇺 diplomat colleague did indeed observe the 2012 election as election observers.
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Records show that Torshin & a 🇷🇺 diplomat colleague did indeed observe the 2012 election as election observers.
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"Torshin made no secret of his visit to Tennessee, and posted it on Twitter....He even posted a photo of himself in line at a Nashville-area polling place."
Given Russian election interference in '16, Torshin's activities take on a sinister hue.
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Given Russian election interference in '16, Torshin's activities take on a sinister hue.
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