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The Moscow Times | Russia Demands Official U.S. Response After Facebook Blocks 'Troll Factory'
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova
:2rofll: Mrs. Zakharova doesn't quite understand that unlike the situation in Putin's Russia, the US government cannot dictate to social media companies who to allow and who to ban.
The Moscow Times | 'There are no Oligarchs in Russia,' Kremlin Claims Amid Reports of New U.S. Sanctions
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov
:2rofll: Mr. Peskov knows quite well that Russia is famous for its seemingly endless Trans-Siberian Railway and its omnipresent oligarchs.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova
April 5, 2018
Russia wants the U.S. government to provide an official explanation after Facebook deleted hundreds of Russian accounts and pages linked to a “troll factory” indicted by U.S. prosecutors. Facebook announced this week that it was deleting articles and pages from the Russia-based Federal News Agency (FAN), which it said is “structurally intertwined” with the notorious Internet Research Agency “troll factory” based in St. Petersburg. The latter was among three firms and 13 individuals indicted by U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller in February on charges of conspiring to tamper in the 2016 presidential elections. At a weekly briefing Wednesday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Moscow expected to hear an official explanation from the U.S. State Department regarding Facebook’s decision.
:2rofll: Mrs. Zakharova doesn't quite understand that unlike the situation in Putin's Russia, the US government cannot dictate to social media companies who to allow and who to ban.
The Moscow Times | 'There are no Oligarchs in Russia,' Kremlin Claims Amid Reports of New U.S. Sanctions
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov
April 5, 2018
The Kremlin has said that Russia has no oligarchs, following reports that the U.S. is preparing to enact a new wave of sanctions against Russian tycoons. Sources told Reuters on Wednesday that Washington was planning to sanction Russian oligarchs as early as this week under a law targeting Moscow for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. “We deem the phrase ‘Russian oligarchs’ inappropriate. It’s been a long time since Russia had oligarchs. There are no oligarchs in Russia,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was cited as saying on Thursday.
:2rofll: Mr. Peskov knows quite well that Russia is famous for its seemingly endless Trans-Siberian Railway and its omnipresent oligarchs.