US Treasury caught committing massive plagiarism
The so-called “Kremlin report,” published today by the US Treasury Department, is a neat rewrite of the Kremlin’s telephone directory and Forbes list.
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Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Valery Rashkin wrote about this on his telegram channel.
“The US Treasury removed 96 people from the Forbes list and a few more from the Kremlin administration’s telephone directory. And they consider this some kind of stunning list of oligarchs. Of course, before this document it was difficult to imagine that all these people were rich,” Rashkin wrote.
Chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev agrees with him. He explains the unconvincingness of the list by the fact that US intelligence agencies despaired of finding “the promised and, most importantly, provable dirt on Russian politicians.”
However, the senator believes that the appearance of the list will spoil Russia’s relations with the United States seriously and for a long time.
“Political paranoia, as it turns out, is very difficult to treat, especially when the patient does not recognize the disease. The consequences are extremely toxic and will undermine the prospects for cooperation for years to come. These relations will no longer be normal, at least while the current generation of politicians is in power in Washington,” Kosachev wrote on his Facebook.
The famous Russian TV presenter Olga Skabeeva called the “Kremlin report” hack work.
“What did the US Treasury do for 180 days? He listed all the officials and all the businessmen. Some kind of hack work. Dvorkovich (he is also on the list) says that the “Kremlin Report” of the US Treasury is similar to the book “Who’s Who in Russian Politics.”
The Pulitzer Prize for this book is read by everyone,” Skabeeva wrote on her telegram channel.
The “Kremlin report” of the US Treasury includes 6 major Russian businessmen, as well as 114 politicians and officials - persons believed to be close to the Russian leadership. In particular, the list included the head of the Russian government, Dmitry Medvedev, and the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergei Lavrov.
The list was prepared in accordance with the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, which was adopted in the United States in the summer of 2017. It does not automatically entail the imposition of sanctions against the individuals mentioned, but it does imply that restrictive measures may be introduced against them by the United States in the future.
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