Russia launches investigation into US media: report

[babylonsister]

You don't suppose this could be a distraction, coming from the Kremlin?



Russia launches investigation into US media: report
By Olivia Beavers - 04/19/17 01:22 PM EDT


Russia plans to investigate American media outlets to determine whether they illegally influenced the Kremlin’s 2016 parliamentary elections, according to a Wednesday Moscow Times report.

Leonid Levin, head of the legislative Committee on Information and Communication, reportedly said CNN, Voice of America and Radio Free Europe were among those being investigated.

He said the work of journalists at those outlets could have interfered with Russian election results.

"The structures we are discussing are part of a larger American system of pressure on our country. They are using a variety of instruments in respect to both the Russian electoral process and on our country as a whole,” Levin said Tuesday at a State Duma committee meeting, according to the Moscow newspaper.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/news/329515-russia-launches-investigation-into-us-media-report

[Vinnie From Indy]

1. Hey Vlad - GFY!

[bettyellen]

2. The "everybody does it so it's normal now" gambit.

[jrthin]

3. This is fro the Onion, right? nt

[bluedigger]

4. I can't think of a better waste of Rubles.

[triron]

5. Of course, this is a distraction!

duh

[onecaliberal]

6. Fuck off Russian assholes.