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McCain's Very Deep Kremlin Ties. The Nation Exposes His Insidious Connections. Read All About It Here.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081020/ames_berman/print
Read the entire article.
Excerpt:
Yet despite McCain's tough talk, behind the scenes his top advisers have
cultivated deep ties with Russia's oligarchy--indeed, they have
promoted the Kremlin's geopolitical and economic interests, as well as
some of its most unsavory business figures, through greedy cynicism and
geopolitical stupor. The most notable example is the tale of how McCain
and his campaign manager, Rick Davis, advanced what became a key victory
for the Kremlin: gaining control over the small but strategically
important country of Montenegro.
According to two former senior US diplomats who served in the Balkans,
Davis and his lobbying firm, Davis Manafort, received several million
dollars to help run Montenegro's independence referendum campaign of
2006. The terms of the agreement were never disclosed to the public, but
top Montenegrin officials told the US diplomats that Davis's work was
underwritten by powerful Russian business interests connected to the
Kremlin and operating in Montenegro. Neither Davis nor the McCain
campaign responded to repeated requests for comment. (Davis's extensive
lobbying work, especially on behalf of collapsed mortgage giants Fannie
Mae and Freddie Mac, has already attracted critical media scrutiny.)
Comments (1)
Then there's one of Palin's skeletons in her closet:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/10/07/palins_unamerican/
October 7, 2008 5:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
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