Вездесущая Бутина

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В "День России" 12 июня 2015, за три дня до официального вступления Трампа в президентскую гонку, Мария Бутина публикует статью The Bear and the Elephant с подзаголовком "It may take the election of a Republican to the White House in 2016 to improve relations between the Russian Federation and the United States." В статье утверждается, что республиканский слон ближе к русскому медведю (партии "Единая Россия"), чем к демократическому ослу.

Finally, many Russians have taken note of recent Pew Research Center data that shows that the American Republican Party derives much of its support from social conservatives, businessmen and those that support an aggressive approach to the war against Islamic terrorism. These are values espoused by United Russia, the current ruling political party in Moscow. At the very least, it would appear that modern Russia has more to talk about with American Republicans than American Democrats.
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/the-bear-the-elephant-13098

Статью опубликовал Center for National Interest (CNI), который возглавляет пропутинский деятель Димитрий Саймс (родившийся в Москве под именем Дмитрий Симис).

Д.Саймс: Я с удовольствием слушал весь предыдущий разговор и, конечно, выступление Президента. Я немножко ощущаю себя некомфортабельно, как тот честный старик, который сказал: «Господин Президент, я честный старик, мне нечего терять, вы гений». Вот я не хочу выступать в этом духе и не буду.
В.Путин: А зря. Чего проще‑то: сказал, и всё. (Смех.)
Д.Саймс: Может быть, Вам понравится, мы увидим.
http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/19243/work



В 2015 CNI организовал встречу Торшина и Бутиной с руководителями Федерального резерва и Министерства финансов, очевидно для дискуссии о санкциях.

The meetings, disclosed by several people familiar with the sessions and a report prepared by a Washington think tank that arranged them, involved Stanley Fischer, then Federal Reserve vice chairman, and Nathan Sheets, then Treasury undersecretary for international affairs.
Butina traveled to the United States in April 2015 with Alexander Torshin, then the Russian Central Bank deputy governor, and they took part in separate meetings with Fischer and Sheets to discuss U.S.-Russian economic relations during Democratic former President Barack Obama’s administration.
The two meetings, which have not been previously reported, reveal a wider circle of high-powered connections that Butina sought with American political leaders and special interest groups.
Butina’s lawyer, Robert Driscoll, did not have any details about her participation in meetings with Treasury and Federal Reserve officials when asked about them on Friday.
Torshin did not answer calls to his cellphone on Monday. A spokeswoman for the Russian central bank said Torshin declined to comment on the subject.
The meetings with Fischer and Sheets were arranged by the Center for the National Interest, a Washington foreign policy think tank that is supportive of efforts to improve U.S.-Russia relations.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-butina-exclusive/exclusive-accused-russian-agent-butina-met-with-u-s-treasury-fed-officials-idUSKBN1KC0DC

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