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The Justice Department indicted an American commentator for Russian television on Thursday as part of a broader effort by the government to crack down on Russia’s attempts to influence American politics ahead of November’s presidential election.

Dimitri K. Simes, who was an adviser to Donald J. Trump’s first presidential campaign, and his wife, Anastasia Simes, were charged with violating economic sanctions against Russia for their work for Channel One, a state-owned television network.

The indictments come as the United States has been cracking down on Russian efforts to spread content from Russian broadcasters among American audiences, often by disguising its origins. Mr. Simes, who owns a home with his wife in Virginia but currently lives in Russia, has hosted a political talk show since 2022 on the network four nights a week on the network and another on Sundays.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why didn't you arrest him, then?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Because I’m not a government?

What kinda response is that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Oh, so you don't actually know what evidence they had "for years".

If you did know, you should have gone to the government.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/29/mueller-report-jared-kushner-dmitri-simes-russia-1291392

His name was Dmitri Simes, and for nearly 20 years he had been president and CEO of the Center for the National Interest, a Washington foreign policy think tank.

Simes had been a Washington fixture since he left the Soviet Union in the early 1970s, obtained U.S. citizenship, and served as an informal foreign policy adviser to President Richard Nixon. A longtime advocate of warmer U.S.-Russia relations, he was also dogged by criticism that he was notably sympathetic to Moscow’s views.

You're embarrassing yourself now.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

More so than the stick up yours.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 week ago

The stick up my armchair? Ok then