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The many paths from Trump to Russia
The many paths from
Trump to Russia
Trump's associates
Michael Flynn
Retired Lt. Gen.
Michael Flynn started advising Trump on national security in early
2016. When Trump took office in January 2017, Flynn served as his
National Security Adviser, but resigned after one month amid questions
about his links to Russia.
RT
Kremlin-funded TV network
In
December 2015, Flynn went to Moscow for a gala celebrating the 10th
anniversary of RT, the English-language news network controlled and
funded by the Russian government. He sat at the same table as Putin. He
was paid more than $33,750 by RT to participate, according to documents released by the House Oversight Committee.
Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communication
RT
was founded in 2005 by RIA Novosti, a state-run news agency in Russia
that has since been dissolved. It fell under the jurisdiction of the
Russian Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communication.
Vladimir Putin
President of Russia
The
Russian Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communication is the governmental
department in charge of state-run media. Putin appoints its minister.
Sergey Kislyak
Russian ambassador to the US
Flynn says he first met Russian ambassador
to the US Sergey Kislyak in 2013 during an official visit to Russia as
director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Flynn and Kislyak were in
contact during the Trump transition, and they spoke on the same day
President Obama ordered sanctions on Russia. The controversy over these
calls triggered Flynn’s resignation in February, after one month on the
job.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
As
the top Russian diplomat in the United States, Kislyak works at the
Russian embassy in Washington and is an employee of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
Vladimir Putin
President of Russia
As
president, Putin appoints all Russian ambassadors. The Russian Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, and its leadership, answers to Putin.
Subu Kota
businessman
After leaving the military in 2014, Flynn founded Flynn Intel Group. His firm last year reportedly
partnered with Brainwave Science, a company co-led by Sabu Kota,
according to the Washington Post. A Trump campaign spokesman said Flynn
had never met Kota.
KGB
Soviet-era spy agency
In 1996, Kota pleaded guilty to selling biotech materials to someone posing as a Russian spy, but was really an FBI agent, according to Bloomberg.
During the trial, prosecutors accused Kota of repeatedly meeting with a
known KGB agent between 1985 and 1990. Kota denied the spying claim and
insisted that the criminal charges stemmed from a patent dispute.
Vladimir Putin
President of Russia
The
Committee for State Security, or the KGB, was dissolved when the USSR
collapsed in 1991. Putin was a KGB agent from the mid-1970s until 1991.
He later served as director of the FSB, a successor organization to the
KGB.
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