Paging Moscow Mitch! The Russian co you're bringing to Kentucky is "a proxy for the Kremlin."

[MelissaB]

US Senate report says Russian investor in Braidy Industries' mill is a proxy for the Kremlin

A Russian company that has invested in Braidy Industries' planned aluminum rolling mill in Eastern Kentucky was identified as a proxy of the Kremlin in a new report the Senate Intelligence Committee released this week.

The Russian firm, United Co. Rusal, agreed last year to invest $200 million in the mill, which is expected to create hundreds of long-term jobs in a struggling region of the state if Braidy is able to raise enough financing to build the facility, which will cost well over $1.5 billion.

The Republican-led Senate committee released a report Tuesday that detailed extensive connections between President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign advisers and people with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime.

And it points to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska — a part-owner of Rusal, which is a major aluminum company that operates internationally — as a key figure.

More: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2020/08/19/senate-report-russian-investor-braidy-mill-kremlin-proxy/5607217002/

[MelissaB]

1. Moscow Mitch and Russian Rand

The U.S. Senate voted down a measure opposing the plan to end the sanctions against Rusal and EN+ Group in January 2019. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, as well as Sen. Rand Paul, both Kentucky Republicans, voted against that attempt to keep the sanctions in place.

The Kentucky Democratic Party on Wednesday questioned McConnell's decision to support lifting the sanctions on Rusal, in light of the Senate Intelligence Committee report's identification of Rusal as a proxy for the Kremlin.

[SheltieLover]

2. Get MM!!!

And all involved!!!

[aquamarina]

3. I'm not even remotely shocked.

I'm only surprised the information has been made public. Looks like Moscow Mitch really owns his moniker. McGrath needs to run adds about this 24/7.

[Nevilledog]

5. +1

[ace3csusm]

4. They Republican Party has been bought ..Traitors all of them

[stillcool]

6. this is getting to look like..

required reading. Where should I start?

[Squinch]

7. Russia controlling our aluminum manufacturing? That's not a national security problem. No. Not at

all.

[mitch96]

8. what I think was interesting is that Mitch approved a lifetime judge ship of woman who's husband

is a lobbyist for Derapaska... Hummmm
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