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BRAD REED
10 AUG 2018 AT 10:14 ET
One of Russias state-run TV news programs this week expressed displeasure with newly announced sanctions being leveled against the Kremlin and one guest said that it was time to put direct pressure on President Donald Trump to get his administration to back off.
Julia Davis, who runs the Russian Media Monitor website, reports via Twitter that news show 60 Minutes this week held a panel discussion about actions Russia should take to retaliate against the latest round of American sanctions.
Vitaly Tretyakov, the dean of the Moscow State Universitys School of Television, argued that the Russian government should use whatever leverage it had over Trump to bend the president to its will.
Lets turn this into a headache for Trump, he said, according to Davis translation. If you want us to support you in the elections, do what we say.
Trump has been infamously reluctant to admit that Russia acted to help him get elected as president in 2016, and during his Helsinki press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin last month, he once again expressed doubt about the conclusions of American intelligence agencies even as he credited Putin for being strong and powerful in his denials of interference.
Watch the video below Tretyakovs remarks start sat the 53:47 mark.
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lsewpershad
(2,620 posts)should find this interesting.
dawnie51
(959 posts)right there. Not even any attempt to conceal the treason.
Bayard
(22,103 posts)Is part of some grand plan that was hatched in the 2-hour backroom meeting in Helsinki.