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2017-03-13 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russia confirms: Envoy met with Trump, Clinton camps during election

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Posted by Pappy 2017-03-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Dmitry Peskov, who denied Moscow meddled in the 2016 presidential election, said Ambassador Sergey Kislyak huddled with the campaign staffers as part of his diplomatic duties.

I don't see a logical contradiction in this sentence - do you?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-03-13 04:02|| 2017-03-13 04:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Sergey Kislyak 'fair and balanced.' Who knew ?

Posted by Besoeker 2017-03-13 04:19|| 2017-03-13 04:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Asked about Kislyak’s meeting with the staffers for Hillary Clinton, Peskov said, the ambassador met with “people working in think tanks advising Hillary or advising people working for Hillary.”

Well, D'oh! What do they think is the reason that you have people doing diplomacy? HUMINT. Most everything else can be done by correspondence remotely.

Posted by magpie 2017-03-13 15:23|| 2017-03-13 15:23|| Front Page Top

#4 This whole "Russia hacked the election" and "Trump colluded with Putin" business is wearing a little thin by now, isn't it? No substance. No traction. It's about time to let it go.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-03-13 16:45|| 2017-03-13 16:45|| Front Page Top

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