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ButterflyBlood

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Thu Oct 27, 2016, 10:34 PM Oct 2016

Pussy Riot member: Assange ‘openly works with’ Russia

Source: The Hill

A member of Russian punk band Pussy Riot says WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange directly collaborates with Moscow.

“But Julian Assange, he openly works with [Russia],” Nadya Tolokno told The Daily Beast in an interview Thursday. "It’s not a secret. He’s connected with the Russian government, and I feel that he’s proud of it.

“I generally support the work that WikiLeaks is doing, but I’m not that thrilled about his decisions that are unethical, in my view, concerning his connections to the Russian government.”

Tolokno said she visited Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London two years ago, saying their meeting convinced her WikiLeaks has ties to the Kremlin.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/303172-pussy-riot-member-assange-openly-works-with-russia



Duh. That this rapist egomaniac douchebag is a puppet of Putin and is basically now working as Trump's personal (though not very effective) muckracker is quite obvious. I just hope Ecuador gets sick of him soon.
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Pussy Riot member: Assange ‘openly works with’ Russia (Original Post) ButterflyBlood Oct 2016 OP
You don't say... Jason1961 Oct 2016 #1
I have no doubt is it a propoganda arm of Putin's FSB. roamer65 Oct 2016 #2
"Make America Great Again" Adenoid_Hynkel Oct 2016 #3
Yes he does. Dawson Leery Oct 2016 #4
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2016 #5
Birds of a feather. calimary Oct 2016 #6

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