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struggle4progress

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Tue Feb 14, 2017, 05:33 PM Feb 2017

Russian lawmakers rush to defense of Trumps ex-national security adviser

By Andrew Roth February 14 at 5:06 AM

MOSCOW — Leading Russian lawmakers rushed to defend President Trump’s former national security adviser Tuesday after he resigned amid furor over his misleading statements to senior White House officials, including Vice President Pence, about his contacts with Russia.

The heads of the foreign-affairs committees in Russia’s upper and lower houses of parliament chalked up Michael Flynn’s resignation to a dark campaign of Russophobia in Washington, and said it would undermine relations between the White House and the Kremlin ...


https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/russian-lawmakers-rush-to-the-defense-of-trumps-ex-national-security-advisor/2017/02/14/547fc410-f28b-11e6-8d72-263470bf0401_story.html?utm_term=.18869dc2cf61

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Russian lawmakers rush to defense of Trumps ex-national security adviser (Original Post) struggle4progress Feb 2017 OP
Well that's kind of telling isn't it? underpants Feb 2017 #1
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