She was a great lady.
Monday, June 17, 2019
I am so very, very sorry to hear of her death.
She was a great lady.
There is no doubt the Russians were acting to sabotage the USA elections.
In the previous entry, the video has subtitles in the lower left corner. It is very obvious this Russian woman intends to manipulate all Americans to vote for her choices. She enlists the world to help Americans make decent choices in their elections. I also do not believe she is an ordinary Russian woman. She is involved with the finances of an international organization. That is not ordinary.
Footnotes:
13 Redacted "Harm to Ongoing Matter."
14 See, e.g., SM-2230634, serials 9, 113 & 180 I think that is an internal set of numbers as before that references the evidence. The end of the footnote states "Harm to Ongoing Matter."
15 Harm to Ongoing Matter
16 Harm to Ongoing Matter followed by See SM-2230634, serials 131 & 204
17 and 18 Harm to Ongoing Matter
B. Funding and Oversight from Concord and Prigozhin
Until at least February 2018, Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin and two Concord companies funded the IRA. Prigozhin is a wealthy Russian businessman who served as the head of Concord.
Page 17 and Page 25 on the PDF is heavily redacted.
The first paragraph is redated, Harm to Ongoing Matter except for:
Prigozhin was sanctioned by the US Treasury Department in December 2016. Reference number 19, 20, 21. Numerous media sources have reported on Prigozhin's ties to Putin, and the two have appeared in public photographs. Footnote 22.
The second paragraph is completely redacted "Harm of Ongoing Matter" except for Footnote 23,
Paragraphs 3 and 4 are completely redacted "Harm of Ongoing Matter" except for Footnotes 24 ane 25.
Footnotes:
19 U.S. Treasury Department, "Treasury Sanctions Individuals and Entities in Connection withRussia's Occupation of Crimea and the Conflict in Ukraine" (Dec. 20, 2016) (click here)
Footnotes:
13 Redacted "Harm to Ongoing Matter."
14 See, e.g., SM-2230634, serials 9, 113 & 180 I think that is an internal set of numbers as before that references the evidence. The end of the footnote states "Harm to Ongoing Matter."
15 Harm to Ongoing Matter
16 Harm to Ongoing Matter followed by See SM-2230634, serials 131 & 204
17 and 18 Harm to Ongoing Matter
B. Funding and Oversight from Concord and Prigozhin
Until at least February 2018, Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin and two Concord companies funded the IRA. Prigozhin is a wealthy Russian businessman who served as the head of Concord.
Page 17 and Page 25 on the PDF is heavily redacted.
The first paragraph is redated, Harm to Ongoing Matter except for:
Prigozhin was sanctioned by the US Treasury Department in December 2016. Reference number 19, 20, 21. Numerous media sources have reported on Prigozhin's ties to Putin, and the two have appeared in public photographs. Footnote 22.
The second paragraph is completely redacted "Harm of Ongoing Matter" except for Footnote 23,
Paragraphs 3 and 4 are completely redacted "Harm of Ongoing Matter" except for Footnotes 24 ane 25.
Footnotes:
19 U.S. Treasury Department, "Treasury Sanctions Individuals and Entities in Connection withRussia's Occupation of Crimea and the Conflict in Ukraine" (Dec. 20, 2016) (click here)
Action Designates Seven Individuals and Eight Entities and Identifies 26 Subsidiaries of the Russian Agricultural Bank and Novatek
WASHINGTON – To maintain the effectiveness of existing sanctions, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today designated seven individuals and eight entities under two Executive orders (E.O.s) related to Russia and Ukraine, and identified two vessels as blocked property. Today’s action is part of Treasury’s continued effort to counter attempts to circumvent these sanctions. The United States remains steadfast in our commitment to maintain sanctions until Russia fully implements its commitments under the Minsk agreements. This action underscores the U.S. government’s opposition to Russia’s occupation of Crimea and our firm refusal to recognize its attempted annexation of the peninsula. These sanctions follow the European Union’s extension on Monday of sanctions and reinforce our continued unity in supporting Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity....
You know Paul Manafort and Trump were friends. It is why Manafort was accepted as his campaign manager. Trump is already prejudiced to the guilt or innocence of Manafort based on their friendship. Trump is going to see the world no different than Manafort did. Is there any way Ukraine is above reproach when it comes to Russian aggressions of that country. Putin broke an international treaty. That is not in dispute and is the basis of these sanctions. There is no way Trump should be relieving sanctions against anyone involved in aggression against Ukraine.
...Today OFAC also identified 26 subsidiaries that are owned 50 percent or more by previously sanctioned Russian companies to provide additional information to assist the private sector with sanctions compliance....
...Kirill Kovalchuk, Dmitri Lebedev, Dmitri Mansurov, Mikhail Klishin, Oleg Minaev, and Mikhail Dedov are being designated under E.O. 13661 for acting for or on behalf of and providing financial, material, or technological support to Bank Rossiya, ABR Management, or Sobinbank....
...Yevgeniy Prigozhin is being designated under E.O. 13661 for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services in support of, senior officials of the Russian Federation...
...Institut Stroiproekt, AO is a Russian Federation company working on the construction of highway segments for the Kerch Bridge project....
...Karst OOO is a Russian Federation company that was subcontracted to make foundational piling and supports for the Kerch Bridge....
These sanctions can be done away with if they just blew up the lousy bridge. No one wants the bridge except Putin. It is a national security issue for Ukraine.
Crimean Railway is a Russian Federation-sponsored enterprise operating rail systems throughout the region of Crimea
Crimean Ports is an entity run by the so-called Republic of Crimea Ministry of Transportation that organizes and maintains maritime safety in sea ports and on the approaches to ports throughout the Crimean region
OJSC Sovfracht, which was previously designated under E.O. 13685 for being owned or controlled by an entity operating in Crimea. St. Petersburg, Russia-based vessel operator Transpetrochart Co Ltd, Samara, Russia-based vessel operator Trans-Flot JSC, Novorossiysk, Russia-based fuel supplier Solid Ltd., and Temryuk, Russia-based fuel supplier LLC RusChemTrade worked with OJSC Sovfracht on fuel shipments in 2015 and 2016.
OFAC is identifying the “Marshal Zhukov” and “Stalingrad” as property in which Trans-Flot JSC, an entity being designated today, has an interest. Both vessels had a role in fuel shipments on behalf of OJSC Sovfracht in 2015 and 2016, and the "Marshal Zhukov" traveled frequently to and from Kerch, Crimea in 2016.
Russian Agricultural Bank was originally designated on July 29, 2014 and is subject to Directive 1, which prohibits U.S. persons from dealing in new debt of greater than 30 days maturity and new equity of the sanctioned entities. Novatek was designated on July 16, 2014 and is subject to Directive 2, which prohibits U.S. persons from dealing in new debt of greater than 90 days maturity of the sanctioned entities.
Guidance Document 1 (click here)
Guidance Document 2 (click here)
Footnote 20 and 21 - Completely redacted "Harm to Ongoing Matter"
22 See, e.g., Neil MacFarquhar, (click here) Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russian Oligarch Indicted by US., Is Known as "Putin's Cook", New York Times (Feb. 16, 2018).
Footnote 23 and 24 - Completely redacted "Harm to Ongoing Matter"
Footnote 25 - Completely redacted "Harm to Ongoing Matter" except for see also SM-2230634, serial 113. Another internal reference number THAT ONLY BILL BARR HAS READ. IF HE READ IT AT ALL.
Page 18 is completely redacted, except for Footnotes 26, 27 and 28.
26 and 27 Harm to Ongoing Matter
28 The term "troll" refers to internet users- in this context, paid operatives-who post inflammatory or otherwise disruptive content on social media or other websites.
Break here.
continued in future entry
You know Paul Manafort and Trump were friends. It is why Manafort was accepted as his campaign manager. Trump is already prejudiced to the guilt or innocence of Manafort based on their friendship. Trump is going to see the world no different than Manafort did. Is there any way Ukraine is above reproach when it comes to Russian aggressions of that country. Putin broke an international treaty. That is not in dispute and is the basis of these sanctions. There is no way Trump should be relieving sanctions against anyone involved in aggression against Ukraine.
...Today OFAC also identified 26 subsidiaries that are owned 50 percent or more by previously sanctioned Russian companies to provide additional information to assist the private sector with sanctions compliance....
...Kirill Kovalchuk, Dmitri Lebedev, Dmitri Mansurov, Mikhail Klishin, Oleg Minaev, and Mikhail Dedov are being designated under E.O. 13661 for acting for or on behalf of and providing financial, material, or technological support to Bank Rossiya, ABR Management, or Sobinbank....
...Yevgeniy Prigozhin is being designated under E.O. 13661 for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services in support of, senior officials of the Russian Federation...
...Karst OOO is a Russian Federation company that was subcontracted to make foundational piling and supports for the Kerch Bridge....
These sanctions can be done away with if they just blew up the lousy bridge. No one wants the bridge except Putin. It is a national security issue for Ukraine.
Crimean Railway is a Russian Federation-sponsored enterprise operating rail systems throughout the region of Crimea
Crimean Ports is an entity run by the so-called Republic of Crimea Ministry of Transportation that organizes and maintains maritime safety in sea ports and on the approaches to ports throughout the Crimean region
OJSC Sovfracht, which was previously designated under E.O. 13685 for being owned or controlled by an entity operating in Crimea. St. Petersburg, Russia-based vessel operator Transpetrochart Co Ltd, Samara, Russia-based vessel operator Trans-Flot JSC, Novorossiysk, Russia-based fuel supplier Solid Ltd., and Temryuk, Russia-based fuel supplier LLC RusChemTrade worked with OJSC Sovfracht on fuel shipments in 2015 and 2016.
OFAC is identifying the “Marshal Zhukov” and “Stalingrad” as property in which Trans-Flot JSC, an entity being designated today, has an interest. Both vessels had a role in fuel shipments on behalf of OJSC Sovfracht in 2015 and 2016, and the "Marshal Zhukov" traveled frequently to and from Kerch, Crimea in 2016.
Russian Agricultural Bank was originally designated on July 29, 2014 and is subject to Directive 1, which prohibits U.S. persons from dealing in new debt of greater than 30 days maturity and new equity of the sanctioned entities. Novatek was designated on July 16, 2014 and is subject to Directive 2, which prohibits U.S. persons from dealing in new debt of greater than 90 days maturity of the sanctioned entities.
Guidance Document 1 (click here)
Guidance Document 2 (click here)
Footnote 20 and 21 - Completely redacted "Harm to Ongoing Matter"
22 See, e.g., Neil MacFarquhar, (click here) Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russian Oligarch Indicted by US., Is Known as "Putin's Cook", New York Times (Feb. 16, 2018).
Footnote 23 and 24 - Completely redacted "Harm to Ongoing Matter"
Footnote 25 - Completely redacted "Harm to Ongoing Matter" except for see also SM-2230634, serial 113. Another internal reference number THAT ONLY BILL BARR HAS READ. IF HE READ IT AT ALL.
Page 18 is completely redacted, except for Footnotes 26, 27 and 28.
26 and 27 Harm to Ongoing Matter
28 The term "troll" refers to internet users- in this context, paid operatives-who post inflammatory or otherwise disruptive content on social media or other websites.
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continued in future entry
Page 15 of the report, and page 23 on the PDF.
A. Structure of the Internet Research Agency
The entire first paragraph is redacted stating "Harm to Ongoing Matter."
The second paragraph begins, The organization quickly grew. The rest of the paragraph is redacted except for footnote notations, 11 and 12.
Paragraph 3 begins, The growth of the organization led to more detailed organizational structure. The second line states "Harm of Ongoing Matter."
Footnotes:
8 See SM-2230634, serial 92. I believe this is an internal notation to evidence of the investigation.
9 and 10 "Harm to Ongoing Matter."
11 See SM-2230634, serial 86 I believe this is an internal notation to evidence of the investigation.
12 "Harm to Ongoing Matter."
Page 16 of report
First paragraph is redacted except Footnote 3 or more likely 13. "Harm to Ongoing Matter."
The second paragraph begins Two individuals headed the IRA's management: its general director, Mikhail Bystov, and its executive director Mikhail Burchik. The remainder of the paragraph is redacted "Harm to Ongoing Matter." Footnote 14 and 15.
The third paragraph begins As early as 2014, the IRA began hiding its funding and activities. The remainder of the paragraph is redacted "Harm to Ongoing Matter." Footnote 16.
The fourth paragraph begins The IRA's US operations are part of a larger set of interlocking operations known as "Project Lakhta." The rest of the paragraph is redacted "Harm of Ongoing Matter." Footnote 7, but, more likely 17 and 18.
10.19.18
By Steven Melendez
In a federal criminal complaint unsealed on Friday, (click here) a Russian national named Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova was charged in relation to an online influence campaign that targeted U.S. elections, including the 2016 presidential election, this year’s midterms, and even the 2020 vote.
The 44-year-old St. Petersburg resident was allegedly the chief accountant of the influence operations dubbed “Project Lakhta,” preparing multimillion-dollar budgets for operations funded by the Russian oligarch and Putin ally Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin. The operating budget for the first half of 2018 alone was $10 million, according to a U.S. Justice Department statement.
The operation allegedly generated divisive social media posts, targeting audiences on both sides of issues like immigration, LGBT rights, gun control, and the Confederate flag....
On Monday, Oct. 22, (click here) a Russian media outlet known as the Federal News Agency (FAN) published a video of a round-faced woman sitting at a desk, looking directly into the camera. Her name, she announced, was Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova, and she was FAN’s accountant....
continued in next entry
The entire first paragraph is redacted stating "Harm to Ongoing Matter."
The second paragraph begins, The organization quickly grew. The rest of the paragraph is redacted except for footnote notations, 11 and 12.
Paragraph 3 begins, The growth of the organization led to more detailed organizational structure. The second line states "Harm of Ongoing Matter."
Footnotes:
8 See SM-2230634, serial 92. I believe this is an internal notation to evidence of the investigation.
9 and 10 "Harm to Ongoing Matter."
11 See SM-2230634, serial 86 I believe this is an internal notation to evidence of the investigation.
12 "Harm to Ongoing Matter."
Page 16 of report
First paragraph is redacted except Footnote 3 or more likely 13. "Harm to Ongoing Matter."
The second paragraph begins Two individuals headed the IRA's management: its general director, Mikhail Bystov, and its executive director Mikhail Burchik. The remainder of the paragraph is redacted "Harm to Ongoing Matter." Footnote 14 and 15.
The third paragraph begins As early as 2014, the IRA began hiding its funding and activities. The remainder of the paragraph is redacted "Harm to Ongoing Matter." Footnote 16.
The fourth paragraph begins The IRA's US operations are part of a larger set of interlocking operations known as "Project Lakhta." The rest of the paragraph is redacted "Harm of Ongoing Matter." Footnote 7, but, more likely 17 and 18.
10.19.18
By Steven Melendez
In a federal criminal complaint unsealed on Friday, (click here) a Russian national named Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova was charged in relation to an online influence campaign that targeted U.S. elections, including the 2016 presidential election, this year’s midterms, and even the 2020 vote.
The 44-year-old St. Petersburg resident was allegedly the chief accountant of the influence operations dubbed “Project Lakhta,” preparing multimillion-dollar budgets for operations funded by the Russian oligarch and Putin ally Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin. The operating budget for the first half of 2018 alone was $10 million, according to a U.S. Justice Department statement.
The operation allegedly generated divisive social media posts, targeting audiences on both sides of issues like immigration, LGBT rights, gun control, and the Confederate flag....
On Monday, Oct. 22, (click here) a Russian media outlet known as the Federal News Agency (FAN) published a video of a round-faced woman sitting at a desk, looking directly into the camera. Her name, she announced, was Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova, and she was FAN’s accountant....
continued in next entry
Page 14 of Volume 1 - page 22 on the PDF
II. RUSSIAN "ACTIVE MEASURES" SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN
The title of this section should be an embarrassment to the companies involved in supplying social media access.
The first form of Russian election influence came principally from the Internet Research Agency, LLC (IRA), a Russian organization funded by
Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin (picture left, AKA "the chef") and
companies he controlled,...
This is proof that no company is out of the reach of Russia's communist government. They are all arms of the government and it's intelligence agencies. When anyone is conducting business with companies owned by Russians, they are doing business with Moscow and Putin.
...including Concord Management and Consulting LLC...
March 14, 2019
By Ronn Blizter
Concord Management and Consulting, LLC, (click here) the Russian company accused of being involved in a complex election interference operation in 2016, wants to know exactly what Special Counsel Robert Mueller thinks they did. In a Monday court filing, the firm asked the court to order the Special Counsel’s Office to file a bill of particulars that specifies exactly what they think Concord did, who they believe did it, and explain key words and phrases in the indictment...
Basically, Prigozhin is playing the dumb Russian. Asking what the meaning of words actually is to allow the Dumb Russian to properly address the court is a method of obstruction.
...and Concord Catering (collectively "Concord").2 The IRA conducted social media operations targeted at large U.S. audiences with the goal of sowing discord in the U.S. political system.3 These operations constituted "active measures" (Russian words - aKTMBHbie Meporrprumu1), a term that typically refers to operations conducted by Russian security services aimed at influencing the course of international affairs.4
The IRA and its employees began operations targeting the United States as early as 2014. Using fictitious U.S. personas, IRA employees operated social media accounts and group pages designed to attract U.S. audiences. These groups and accounts, which addressed divisive U.S. political and social issues, falsely claimed to be controlled by U.S. activists. Over time, these social media accounts became a means to reach large U.S. audiences. IRA employees travelled to the United States in mid-2014 on an intelligence-gathering mission to obtain information and photographs for use in their social media posts.
The IRA, Internet Research Agency, became aware of the fact ORIGINAL CONTENT would add to it's legitimacy for the entries to INFLUENCE the 2016 elections. It wasn't enough to "cut and paste" or "share" so much as introduce their own content composed with original content obtained from within the USA. Iconic photos and other materials that added legitimacy to the idea these were Americans reporting or complaining about their government.
IRA employees posted derogatory information about a number of candidates in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. By early to mid-2016, IRA operations included supporting the Trump Campaign and disparaging candidate Hillary Clinton. The IRA made various expenditures to carry out those activities, including buying political advertisements on social media in the names of U.S. persons and entities. (Citizens' United at work - there is no limit to the sources of information or spending to facilitate that point of view - I don't care who the candidate is, they do not have the capacity to spend money in the amounts of a sovereign government. That Supreme Court decision opened the USA to greater foreign influence.) Some IRA employees, posing as U.S. persons and without revealing their Russian association, communicated electronically with individuals associated with the Trump Campaign and with other political activists to seek to coordinate political activities, including the staging of political rallies.5 The investigation did not identify evidence that any U.S. persons knowingly or intentionally coordinated with the IRA's interference operation.
The Russians had a preference. They wanted Trump in office because they could control him. They probably had plenty of evidence regarding The Trump Company's need for foreign money. They had enough evidence to allow them to carry out a campaign for Trump facilitated by loose USA laws. There was nothing protecting ANY of the campaigns from Russian attacks. The adverse attacks were aimed at Clinton evidenced by the unilateral by the email releases on Wikileaks. The promotional attacks were aimed at Trump and his vulnerabilities to Russian power.
By the end of the 2016 U.S. election, the IRA had the ability to reach millions of U.S. persons through their social media accounts. Multiple IRA-controlled Facebook groups and Instagram accounts had hundreds of thousands of U.S. participants. IRA-controlled Twitter accounts separately had tens of thousands of followers, including multiple U.S. political figures who retweeted IRA-created content.
Personally, I do not do Twitter, even with an account rarely used. I don't subscribe to information sites on Facebook, except, for standard news organizations within the USA, such as CNN, NBC, CBS, etc. Newspapers such as the NYTimes, Washington Post, The Atlantic, Houston Chronicle and the list goes on. In defense of the Americans, they simply didn't know and participated in a way that has become a method of keeping in touch with family and friends. Americans simply don't feel badly about social media. They see it as an enhancement to their lives. That is especially true with family members that travel. I don't do Instagram. I believe all three social media companies are part of the Facebook Empire. Quite possibly to the point of anti-trust.
In November 2017, a Facebook representative testified that Facebook had identified 470 IRA-controlled Facebook accounts that collectively made 80,000 posts between January 2015 and August 2017. Facebook estimated the IRA reached as many as 126 million persons through its Facebook accounts. 6 In January 2018, Twitter announced that it had identified 3,814 IRA-controlled Twitter accounts and notified approximately 1 .4 million people Twitter believed may have been in contact with an iRA-controlled account.7
Americans were hacked. Plain and simple. They had been hacked by Vladimir Putin. They never bothered to ask why there weren't adverse activity regarding Trump on Wikileaks or otherwise.
Footnotes:
2 is about the evidence in possession of the Special Counsel and it's distribution.
2 The Office is aware of reports that other Russian entities engaged in similar active measures operations targeting the United States. Some evidence collected by the Office corroborates those reports, and the Office has shared that evidence with other offices in the Department of Justice and FBI.
This is what is stated in the report with this footnote.
The IRA conducted social media operations targeted at large U.S. audiences with the goal of sowing discord in the U.S. political system
I am quite confident Footnote 3 refers to the process of the FBI in obtaining the information (which is evidence) that lead to the statement it is affiliated.
3 HARM OF ONGOING MATTER see also SM-2230634, serial 44 (analysis). The FBI case number cited here, and other FBI case numbers identified in the report, should be treated as law enforcement sensitive given the context. The report contains additional law enforcement sensitive information.
4 As discussed in Part V below, the active measures investigation has resulted in criminal charges against 13 individual Russian nationals and three Russian entities, principally for conspiracy to defraud the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371....
Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States (click here)
See Volume I, Section V.A, infra; Indictment, United States v. Internet Research Agency, et al., 1 :18-cr-32 (D.D.C. Feb. 16, 2018), Doc. I ("Internet Research Agency Indictment"). This is the reference to the specific case before the courts or Grand Jury.
The title of this section should be an embarrassment to the companies involved in supplying social media access.
The first form of Russian election influence came principally from the Internet Research Agency, LLC (IRA), a Russian organization funded by
This is proof that no company is out of the reach of Russia's communist government. They are all arms of the government and it's intelligence agencies. When anyone is conducting business with companies owned by Russians, they are doing business with Moscow and Putin.
...including Concord Management and Consulting LLC...
March 14, 2019
By Ronn Blizter
Concord Management and Consulting, LLC, (click here) the Russian company accused of being involved in a complex election interference operation in 2016, wants to know exactly what Special Counsel Robert Mueller thinks they did. In a Monday court filing, the firm asked the court to order the Special Counsel’s Office to file a bill of particulars that specifies exactly what they think Concord did, who they believe did it, and explain key words and phrases in the indictment...
Basically, Prigozhin is playing the dumb Russian. Asking what the meaning of words actually is to allow the Dumb Russian to properly address the court is a method of obstruction.
...and Concord Catering (collectively "Concord").2 The IRA conducted social media operations targeted at large U.S. audiences with the goal of sowing discord in the U.S. political system.3 These operations constituted "active measures" (Russian words - aKTMBHbie Meporrprumu1), a term that typically refers to operations conducted by Russian security services aimed at influencing the course of international affairs.4
The IRA and its employees began operations targeting the United States as early as 2014. Using fictitious U.S. personas, IRA employees operated social media accounts and group pages designed to attract U.S. audiences. These groups and accounts, which addressed divisive U.S. political and social issues, falsely claimed to be controlled by U.S. activists. Over time, these social media accounts became a means to reach large U.S. audiences. IRA employees travelled to the United States in mid-2014 on an intelligence-gathering mission to obtain information and photographs for use in their social media posts.
The IRA, Internet Research Agency, became aware of the fact ORIGINAL CONTENT would add to it's legitimacy for the entries to INFLUENCE the 2016 elections. It wasn't enough to "cut and paste" or "share" so much as introduce their own content composed with original content obtained from within the USA. Iconic photos and other materials that added legitimacy to the idea these were Americans reporting or complaining about their government.
IRA employees posted derogatory information about a number of candidates in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. By early to mid-2016, IRA operations included supporting the Trump Campaign and disparaging candidate Hillary Clinton. The IRA made various expenditures to carry out those activities, including buying political advertisements on social media in the names of U.S. persons and entities. (Citizens' United at work - there is no limit to the sources of information or spending to facilitate that point of view - I don't care who the candidate is, they do not have the capacity to spend money in the amounts of a sovereign government. That Supreme Court decision opened the USA to greater foreign influence.) Some IRA employees, posing as U.S. persons and without revealing their Russian association, communicated electronically with individuals associated with the Trump Campaign and with other political activists to seek to coordinate political activities, including the staging of political rallies.5 The investigation did not identify evidence that any U.S. persons knowingly or intentionally coordinated with the IRA's interference operation.
The Russians had a preference. They wanted Trump in office because they could control him. They probably had plenty of evidence regarding The Trump Company's need for foreign money. They had enough evidence to allow them to carry out a campaign for Trump facilitated by loose USA laws. There was nothing protecting ANY of the campaigns from Russian attacks. The adverse attacks were aimed at Clinton evidenced by the unilateral by the email releases on Wikileaks. The promotional attacks were aimed at Trump and his vulnerabilities to Russian power.
By the end of the 2016 U.S. election, the IRA had the ability to reach millions of U.S. persons through their social media accounts. Multiple IRA-controlled Facebook groups and Instagram accounts had hundreds of thousands of U.S. participants. IRA-controlled Twitter accounts separately had tens of thousands of followers, including multiple U.S. political figures who retweeted IRA-created content.
Personally, I do not do Twitter, even with an account rarely used. I don't subscribe to information sites on Facebook, except, for standard news organizations within the USA, such as CNN, NBC, CBS, etc. Newspapers such as the NYTimes, Washington Post, The Atlantic, Houston Chronicle and the list goes on. In defense of the Americans, they simply didn't know and participated in a way that has become a method of keeping in touch with family and friends. Americans simply don't feel badly about social media. They see it as an enhancement to their lives. That is especially true with family members that travel. I don't do Instagram. I believe all three social media companies are part of the Facebook Empire. Quite possibly to the point of anti-trust.
In November 2017, a Facebook representative testified that Facebook had identified 470 IRA-controlled Facebook accounts that collectively made 80,000 posts between January 2015 and August 2017. Facebook estimated the IRA reached as many as 126 million persons through its Facebook accounts. 6 In January 2018, Twitter announced that it had identified 3,814 IRA-controlled Twitter accounts and notified approximately 1 .4 million people Twitter believed may have been in contact with an iRA-controlled account.7
Americans were hacked. Plain and simple. They had been hacked by Vladimir Putin. They never bothered to ask why there weren't adverse activity regarding Trump on Wikileaks or otherwise.
Footnotes:
2 is about the evidence in possession of the Special Counsel and it's distribution.
2 The Office is aware of reports that other Russian entities engaged in similar active measures operations targeting the United States. Some evidence collected by the Office corroborates those reports, and the Office has shared that evidence with other offices in the Department of Justice and FBI.
This is what is stated in the report with this footnote.
The IRA conducted social media operations targeted at large U.S. audiences with the goal of sowing discord in the U.S. political system
I am quite confident Footnote 3 refers to the process of the FBI in obtaining the information (which is evidence) that lead to the statement it is affiliated.
3 HARM OF ONGOING MATTER see also SM-2230634, serial 44 (analysis). The FBI case number cited here, and other FBI case numbers identified in the report, should be treated as law enforcement sensitive given the context. The report contains additional law enforcement sensitive information.
4 As discussed in Part V below, the active measures investigation has resulted in criminal charges against 13 individual Russian nationals and three Russian entities, principally for conspiracy to defraud the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371....
Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States (click here)
See Volume I, Section V.A, infra; Indictment, United States v. Internet Research Agency, et al., 1 :18-cr-32 (D.D.C. Feb. 16, 2018), Doc. I ("Internet Research Agency Indictment"). This is the reference to the specific case before the courts or Grand Jury.
March 23, 2019 - Special Counsel Robert Mueller Ends Investigation (click here)
Six days after the end of the Special Counsel investigation the USA, under Bill Barr, vacated it's complaint against the Russians. This is called corruption and quite possibly illegal. I thought this would occur. Where is the judge is allowing such hideous activity?
These cases have to be called up before the Oversight of the USA Congress to bring charges against this administration. I strongly believe Robert S. Mueller needs to address these cases to the US Congress.
The evidence, including the documentation by the FBI of the facts, need to be handed over from Barr. There is a reason why Barr doesn't want to appear before the US House. Perhaps the US House may want to read him his rights before he testifies.
These cases have to be called up before the Oversight of the USA Congress to bring charges against this administration. I strongly believe Robert S. Mueller needs to address these cases to the US Congress.
The evidence, including the documentation by the FBI of the facts, need to be handed over from Barr. There is a reason why Barr doesn't want to appear before the US House. Perhaps the US House may want to read him his rights before he testifies.
Mar 29, 2019 (click here)
NOTICE of Withdrawal of Appearance by USA as to INTERNET RESEARCH AGENCY LLC, CONCORD MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTING LLC, CONCORD CATERING, YEVGENIY VIKTOROVICH PRIGOZHIN, MIKHAIL IVANOVICH BYSTROV, MIKHAIL LEONIDOVICH BURCHIK, ALEKSANDRA YURYEVNA KRYLOVA, ANNA VLADISLAVOVNA BOGACHEVA, SERGEY PAVLOVICH POLOZOV, MARIA ANATOLYEVNA BOVDA, ROBERT SERGEYEVICH BOVDA, DZHEYKHUN NASIMI OGLY ASLANOV, VADIM VLADIMIROVICH PODKOPAEV, GLEB IGOREVICH VASILCHENKO, IRINA VIKTOROVNA KAVERZINA, VLADIMIR VENKOV (Dreeben, Michael) (Entered: 03/29/2019)
Barr has been a busy boy defrauding the USA Justice System. He is nothing more than a defense attorney looking for every loophole he can find to make Trump and Putin happy. He wants to create the idea" the Special Counsel is a fraud. a witch hunt. For that reason and that reason alone I demand the USA Congress subpoena ALL THE RECORDS of the Special Counsel investigation.
It is my opinion Barr is also acting as a foreign agent in removing charges from those indicted by the Special Counsel. Both Trump and Barr are acting as foreign agents. Barr may very well have a legal order stating to drop the charges against the Russians and every Russian agency cited by the Special Counsel.
I don't see that Robert Mueller cannot testify realizing this is going on.
5 Internet Research Agency INDICTMENT 52, 54, 55(a), 56, 74 (click here) Harm of Ongoing Matter
6 Social Media Influence in the 2016 US. Election, Hearing Before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 115th Cong. 13 (11/1/17) (testimony of Colin Stretch, General Counsel of Facebook)... (click here - Colin Stretch's testimony begins on page 7 of the US Senate document and page 13 of the PDF. It is listed in the Table of Contents)
STATEMENT OF COLIN STRETCH, VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL, FACEBOOK Mr. STRETCH. Chairman Burr, Vice Chairman Warner and distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for this opportunity to appear before you today. My name is Colin Stretch and since July 2013 I’ve served as the General Counsel of Facebook. We appreciate this Committee’s hard work to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election.
At Facebook, our mission is to create technology that gives people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. We are proud that each of you uses Facebook to connect with your constituents, and we understand that the people you represent expect authentic experiences when they come to our platform to share and connect....
...("We estimate that roughly 29 million people were served content in their News Feeds directly from the IRA's 80,000 posts over the two years. Posts from these Pages were also shared, liked, and followed by people on Facebook, and, as a result, three times more people may have been exposed to a story that originated from the Russian operation. Our best estimate is that approximately 126 million people may have been served content from a Page associated with the IRA at some point during the two-year period."). The Facebook representative also testified that Facebook had identified 170 Instagram accounts that posted approximately 120,000 pieces of content during that time. Facebook did not offer an estimate of the audience reached via Instagram.
7 Twitter, Update on Twitter's Review of the 2016 US Election (Jan. 31, 2018). (click here)
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NOTICE of Withdrawal of Appearance by USA as to INTERNET RESEARCH AGENCY LLC, CONCORD MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTING LLC, CONCORD CATERING, YEVGENIY VIKTOROVICH PRIGOZHIN, MIKHAIL IVANOVICH BYSTROV, MIKHAIL LEONIDOVICH BURCHIK, ALEKSANDRA YURYEVNA KRYLOVA, ANNA VLADISLAVOVNA BOGACHEVA, SERGEY PAVLOVICH POLOZOV, MARIA ANATOLYEVNA BOVDA, ROBERT SERGEYEVICH BOVDA, DZHEYKHUN NASIMI OGLY ASLANOV, VADIM VLADIMIROVICH PODKOPAEV, GLEB IGOREVICH VASILCHENKO, IRINA VIKTOROVNA KAVERZINA, VLADIMIR VENKOV (Dreeben, Michael) (Entered: 03/29/2019)
Barr has been a busy boy defrauding the USA Justice System. He is nothing more than a defense attorney looking for every loophole he can find to make Trump and Putin happy. He wants to create the idea" the Special Counsel is a fraud. a witch hunt. For that reason and that reason alone I demand the USA Congress subpoena ALL THE RECORDS of the Special Counsel investigation.
It is my opinion Barr is also acting as a foreign agent in removing charges from those indicted by the Special Counsel. Both Trump and Barr are acting as foreign agents. Barr may very well have a legal order stating to drop the charges against the Russians and every Russian agency cited by the Special Counsel.
I don't see that Robert Mueller cannot testify realizing this is going on.
5 Internet Research Agency INDICTMENT 52, 54, 55(a), 56, 74 (click here) Harm of Ongoing Matter
6 Social Media Influence in the 2016 US. Election, Hearing Before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 115th Cong. 13 (11/1/17) (testimony of Colin Stretch, General Counsel of Facebook)... (click here - Colin Stretch's testimony begins on page 7 of the US Senate document and page 13 of the PDF. It is listed in the Table of Contents)
STATEMENT OF COLIN STRETCH, VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL, FACEBOOK Mr. STRETCH. Chairman Burr, Vice Chairman Warner and distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for this opportunity to appear before you today. My name is Colin Stretch and since July 2013 I’ve served as the General Counsel of Facebook. We appreciate this Committee’s hard work to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election.
At Facebook, our mission is to create technology that gives people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. We are proud that each of you uses Facebook to connect with your constituents, and we understand that the people you represent expect authentic experiences when they come to our platform to share and connect....
...("We estimate that roughly 29 million people were served content in their News Feeds directly from the IRA's 80,000 posts over the two years. Posts from these Pages were also shared, liked, and followed by people on Facebook, and, as a result, three times more people may have been exposed to a story that originated from the Russian operation. Our best estimate is that approximately 126 million people may have been served content from a Page associated with the IRA at some point during the two-year period."). The Facebook representative also testified that Facebook had identified 170 Instagram accounts that posted approximately 120,000 pieces of content during that time. Facebook did not offer an estimate of the audience reached via Instagram.
7 Twitter, Update on Twitter's Review of the 2016 US Election (Jan. 31, 2018). (click here)
Updated on January 31, 2018
We have expanded the number of people notified about interactions with Twitter accounts potentially connected to a propaganda effort by a Russian government-linked organization known as the Internet Research Agency. Our notice efforts are focused on certain types of interactions, and they will not encompass every person that ever saw this content. Our goal in providing these notifications is to advance public awareness of and engagement with the important issues raised in our blog post, and provide greater transparency to our account holders and the public....
Bottom section on Page 13 - Page 21 on PDF
From its inception, the Office recognized that its investigation could identify foreign
intelligence and counterintelligence information relevant to the FBI's broader national security
mission.
The FBI agents working with the Special Counsel served as a liaison between the Special Counsel and the FBI operations. When information came available that impacted international FBI operations, these agents developed procedures to allow the transfer of vital information.
FBI personnel who assisted the Office established procedures to identify and convey such information to the FBI. The FBI's Counterintelligence Division met with the Office regularly for that purpose for most of the Office's tenure. For more than the past year, the FBI also embedded personnel at the Office who did not work on the Special Counsel's investigation, but whose purpose was to review the results of the investigation and to send-in writing-summaries of foreign intelligence and counterintelligence information to FBIHQ and FBI Field Offices....
It was not a casual relationship. The transfer of information was formal and documented.
Those communications and other correspondence between the Office and the FBI contain information derived from the investigation, not all of which is contained in this Volume.
This information is not secret unless it is classified. It is in THE EVIDENCE accumulated by the Special Counsel which Bill Barr has not passed onto the US Congress. The fact the Special Counsel considers this volume a summary only reflects the extent evidence exists. There wasn't enough time to write a report that stated every item of evidence recorded into evidence.
This Volume is a summary. It contains, in the Office's judgment, that information necessary to account for the Special Counsel's prosecution and declination decisions and to describe the investigation's main factual results.
The Special Counsel's judgment is not the do all or end all judgment. The US Congress has to make it's own judgment autonomously from that of the Special Counsel. The American people have a right to know all the evidence that is not classified due to ongoing Grand Jury proceedings. They, after all, is the ultimate decision maker in their power as the electorate.
Footnote:
1 FBI personnel assigned to the Special Counsel's Office were required to adhere to all applicable federal law and all Department and FBI regulations, guidelines, and policies. An FBI attorney worked on FBI-related matters for the Office, such as FBI compliance with all FBI policies and procedures, including the FBI's Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide (DIOG).
To be noted, there is a disclaimer that pops up at the FBI site explaining the records contained by this department is not complete. The reason it is not complete is that articles are moved to the National Archives. This effects FOIA requests.
DIOG from 2009 (click here)
The FBI’s Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide (DIOG) (click here) was revised and updated based on comments and feedback received since the original DIOG was issued on December 16, 2008. This new version was approved by Director Mueller on October 15, 2011. The changes primarily clarify and enhance the definitions of terms and procedures used in the original DIOG. Each change has been carefully looked at and considered against the backdrop of the tools our employees need to accomplish their mission, the possible risks associated with the use of those tools, and the controls that are in place. The DIOG was first issued to help implement the new Attorney General’s Guidelines for Domestic FBI Operations that were issued earlier in 2008. Those guidelines had reconciled a number of previously separate guidelines, the first of which had been issued in 1976. The most recent version of the Guide is the version update of 10/16/2013, which was posted here on 9/14/2016.
...That FBI attorney worked under FBI legal supervision, not the Special Counsel's supervision.
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The FBI agents working with the Special Counsel served as a liaison between the Special Counsel and the FBI operations. When information came available that impacted international FBI operations, these agents developed procedures to allow the transfer of vital information.
FBI personnel who assisted the Office established procedures to identify and convey such information to the FBI. The FBI's Counterintelligence Division met with the Office regularly for that purpose for most of the Office's tenure. For more than the past year, the FBI also embedded personnel at the Office who did not work on the Special Counsel's investigation, but whose purpose was to review the results of the investigation and to send-in writing-summaries of foreign intelligence and counterintelligence information to FBIHQ and FBI Field Offices....
It was not a casual relationship. The transfer of information was formal and documented.
Those communications and other correspondence between the Office and the FBI contain information derived from the investigation, not all of which is contained in this Volume.
This information is not secret unless it is classified. It is in THE EVIDENCE accumulated by the Special Counsel which Bill Barr has not passed onto the US Congress. The fact the Special Counsel considers this volume a summary only reflects the extent evidence exists. There wasn't enough time to write a report that stated every item of evidence recorded into evidence.
This Volume is a summary. It contains, in the Office's judgment, that information necessary to account for the Special Counsel's prosecution and declination decisions and to describe the investigation's main factual results.
The Special Counsel's judgment is not the do all or end all judgment. The US Congress has to make it's own judgment autonomously from that of the Special Counsel. The American people have a right to know all the evidence that is not classified due to ongoing Grand Jury proceedings. They, after all, is the ultimate decision maker in their power as the electorate.
Footnote:
1 FBI personnel assigned to the Special Counsel's Office were required to adhere to all applicable federal law and all Department and FBI regulations, guidelines, and policies. An FBI attorney worked on FBI-related matters for the Office, such as FBI compliance with all FBI policies and procedures, including the FBI's Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide (DIOG).
To be noted, there is a disclaimer that pops up at the FBI site explaining the records contained by this department is not complete. The reason it is not complete is that articles are moved to the National Archives. This effects FOIA requests.
DIOG from 2009 (click here)
The FBI’s Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide (DIOG) (click here) was revised and updated based on comments and feedback received since the original DIOG was issued on December 16, 2008. This new version was approved by Director Mueller on October 15, 2011. The changes primarily clarify and enhance the definitions of terms and procedures used in the original DIOG. Each change has been carefully looked at and considered against the backdrop of the tools our employees need to accomplish their mission, the possible risks associated with the use of those tools, and the controls that are in place. The DIOG was first issued to help implement the new Attorney General’s Guidelines for Domestic FBI Operations that were issued earlier in 2008. Those guidelines had reconciled a number of previously separate guidelines, the first of which had been issued in 1976. The most recent version of the Guide is the version update of 10/16/2013, which was posted here on 9/14/2016.
...That FBI attorney worked under FBI legal supervision, not the Special Counsel's supervision.
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Special Counsel Report - Page 13, Second paragraph - Page 21 on the PDF
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To carry out the investigation and prosecution of the matters assigned to him, the Special Counsel assembled a team that at its high point included 19 attorneys-five of whom joined the Office from private practice and 14 on detail or assigned from other Department of Justice components. These attorneys were assisted by a filter team of Department lawyers and FBI personnel who screened materials obtained via court process for privileged information before turning those materials over to investigators;...
To those looking for the Deep State of the USA this is a prime example of their point of view. In fact, this is a group of highly qualified professionals that know what is privileged information and what it not. There was a need for such a team, ie: Michael Cohen - Trump client privilege, so the actual investigators did not preview such privileged information. There was a review process and team to remove any information the investigators were not allowed to use in court. In that any investigator or ultimately the prosecutors did not have any reference point to these documents. This is not only appropriate, it made the Special Counsel investigation free of conflict that would taint any legal proceedings. They practiced excellence. This is still another example of the perfection practiced by the Special Counsel.
...a support staff of three paralegals on detail from the Department's Antitrust Division; and an administrative staff of nine responsible for budget, finance, purchasing, human resources, records, facilities, security, information technology, and administrative support. The Special Counsel attorneys and support staff were co-located with and worked alongside approximately 40 FBI agents, intelligence analysts, forensic accountants, a paralegal, and professional staff assigned by the FBI to assist the Special Counsel's investigation. Those "assigned" FBI employees remained under FBI supervision at all times; (my guess is that this was a payroll issue, but, it also allowed for a more fluid management style based in "as need" and not simply preparedness requirement to reduce cost and allow sufficient staffing elsewhere) the matters on which they assisted were supervised by the Special Counsel.1
During its investigation the Office issued more than 2,800 subpoenas under the auspices of a grand jury sitting in the District of Columbia; executed nearly 500 search-and-seizure warrants; obtained more than 230 orders for communications records under 18 U.S.C. § 2703(d);...
(d)Requirements for Court Order.— (click here)
obtained almost 50 orders authorizing use of pen registers; made 13 requests to foreign governments pursuant to Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties; and interviewed approximately 500 witnesses, including almost 80 before a grand jury.
This section is still Robert Mueller describing the thoroughness of his preparation and application of his authority. It is a perfect accounting to the people of the USA. The number of witnesses and those that testified before the Grand Jury proves a diligent effort to obtain the truth.
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To carry out the investigation and prosecution of the matters assigned to him, the Special Counsel assembled a team that at its high point included 19 attorneys-five of whom joined the Office from private practice and 14 on detail or assigned from other Department of Justice components. These attorneys were assisted by a filter team of Department lawyers and FBI personnel who screened materials obtained via court process for privileged information before turning those materials over to investigators;...
To those looking for the Deep State of the USA this is a prime example of their point of view. In fact, this is a group of highly qualified professionals that know what is privileged information and what it not. There was a need for such a team, ie: Michael Cohen - Trump client privilege, so the actual investigators did not preview such privileged information. There was a review process and team to remove any information the investigators were not allowed to use in court. In that any investigator or ultimately the prosecutors did not have any reference point to these documents. This is not only appropriate, it made the Special Counsel investigation free of conflict that would taint any legal proceedings. They practiced excellence. This is still another example of the perfection practiced by the Special Counsel.
...a support staff of three paralegals on detail from the Department's Antitrust Division; and an administrative staff of nine responsible for budget, finance, purchasing, human resources, records, facilities, security, information technology, and administrative support. The Special Counsel attorneys and support staff were co-located with and worked alongside approximately 40 FBI agents, intelligence analysts, forensic accountants, a paralegal, and professional staff assigned by the FBI to assist the Special Counsel's investigation. Those "assigned" FBI employees remained under FBI supervision at all times; (my guess is that this was a payroll issue, but, it also allowed for a more fluid management style based in "as need" and not simply preparedness requirement to reduce cost and allow sufficient staffing elsewhere) the matters on which they assisted were supervised by the Special Counsel.1
During its investigation the Office issued more than 2,800 subpoenas under the auspices of a grand jury sitting in the District of Columbia; executed nearly 500 search-and-seizure warrants; obtained more than 230 orders for communications records under 18 U.S.C. § 2703(d);...
(d)Requirements for Court Order.— (click here)
A court order for disclosure under subsection (b) or (c) may be issued by any court that is a court of competent jurisdiction and shall issue only if the governmental entity offers specific and articulable facts showing that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the contents of a wire or electronic communication, or the records or other information sought, are relevant and material to an ongoing criminal investigation. In the case of a State governmental authority, such a court order shall not issue if prohibited by the law of such state. A court issuing an order pursuant to this section, on a motion made promptly by the service provider, may quash or modify such order, if the information or records requested are unusually voluminous in nature or compliance with such order otherwise would cause an undue burden on such provider.
obtained almost 50 orders authorizing use of pen registers; made 13 requests to foreign governments pursuant to Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties; and interviewed approximately 500 witnesses, including almost 80 before a grand jury.
This section is still Robert Mueller describing the thoroughness of his preparation and application of his authority. It is a perfect accounting to the people of the USA. The number of witnesses and those that testified before the Grand Jury proves a diligent effort to obtain the truth.
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Trump is pandering to Israel in many ways to influence the vote of 2020.
They aren't fooling anyone. Poland is depending on the USA to expand it's air force. Israel's pandering to Trump is embarrassing and only validates it's expansionist plans. Where are the monuments to great Israelis? I do not believe there is a "Sharon Heights" anywhere in Israel. Maybe Netanyahu is reserving that name for his return to Gaza.
The pandering to Trump needs to stop. The USA legislature is still the primary governing body of the country.
I strongly suggest any country seeking business with the USA government or support of it's military strength carry out visits to Congresspersons. I am sure they will be met with reality in doing so.
The pandering to Trump needs to stop. The USA legislature is still the primary governing body of the country.
I strongly suggest any country seeking business with the USA government or support of it's military strength carry out visits to Congresspersons. I am sure they will be met with reality in doing so.
'Trump Heights': Israel names Golan Heights settlement after US president
In seeking favor from the USA Commander and Chief simply name something Trump. This is the second time Israel has bowed to Trump's ego, the first was a town square in Jerusalem after he moved the US Embassy there and recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Isreal.
Naming places after Trump is a global strategy now. Poland's new military base is going to be named after Trump as well.
Naming places after Trump is a global strategy now. Poland's new military base is going to be named after Trump as well.
Huawei's market ambitions in The West are reduced.
June 17, 2019
Huawei has confirmed (click here) that it is anticipating a giant drop in smartphone sales this year after it was blacklisted by US President Donald Trump's administration.
Speaking at a live-streamed event at Huawei's headquarters in Shenzhen on Monday, the company's founder Ren Zhengfei confirmed a report by Bloomberg that sales of its phones outside of China could plummet 40%.
Citing sales and marketing sources, Bloomberg pegged the drop at between 40% and 60%, which it said would equate to a decline in shipments of between 40 million and 60 million smartphones. Huawei said it shipped 206 million phones last year....
...Ren added that he is expecting a revenue hit of around $25 billion because of the ongoing issues in America. Huawei had forecast earlier this year that it's total 2019 sales would hit $125 billion, but the CEO said on Monday that this has now been revised down to around $100 billion. Huawei's revenue stood at $105 billion last year....
Huawei has confirmed (click here) that it is anticipating a giant drop in smartphone sales this year after it was blacklisted by US President Donald Trump's administration.
Speaking at a live-streamed event at Huawei's headquarters in Shenzhen on Monday, the company's founder Ren Zhengfei confirmed a report by Bloomberg that sales of its phones outside of China could plummet 40%.
Citing sales and marketing sources, Bloomberg pegged the drop at between 40% and 60%, which it said would equate to a decline in shipments of between 40 million and 60 million smartphones. Huawei said it shipped 206 million phones last year....
...Ren added that he is expecting a revenue hit of around $25 billion because of the ongoing issues in America. Huawei had forecast earlier this year that it's total 2019 sales would hit $125 billion, but the CEO said on Monday that this has now been revised down to around $100 billion. Huawei's revenue stood at $105 billion last year....
Deutsche Bank To Create 'Bad' Bank, Shut Some US Operations.
Deutsche Bank is hitting new levels of suspicion. I believe the "private wealth banking" is the pass through banking that allows countries like Russia to launder money. Obviously, the USA banking regulations prohibit such international activity.
June 16, 2019
Deutsche Bank (DE:DBKGn) is planning (click here) to overhaul its trading operations by creating a "bad bank" to hold tens of billions of euros of assets and shrinking or shutting its U.S. equity and trading businesses, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
The bad bank would house or sell assets valued at up to 50 billion euros ($56.06 billion)- after adjusting for risk - and comprise mainly long-dated derivatives, the FT reported, citing four people briefed on the plan.
With the creation of the bad bank, Chief Executive Officer Christian Sewing is shifting the German lender away from investment banking and focusing on transaction banking and private wealth management, the newspaper said.
As part of the restructuring, the lender's equity and rates trading units outside continental Europe will be shrunk or closed entirely, the report said.
The bank is planning cuts at its U.S. equities business, including prime brokerage and equity derivatives, to win over shareholders unhappy about its performance, four sources familiar with the matter told Reuters in May.
"As we said at the AGM on May 23, Deutsche Bank is working on measures to accelerate its transformation so as to improve its sustainable profitability. We will update all stakeholders if and when required," Deutsche Bank said in an emailed statement on Sunday in response to the FT report....
June 16, 2019
Deutsche Bank (DE:DBKGn) is planning (click here) to overhaul its trading operations by creating a "bad bank" to hold tens of billions of euros of assets and shrinking or shutting its U.S. equity and trading businesses, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
The bad bank would house or sell assets valued at up to 50 billion euros ($56.06 billion)- after adjusting for risk - and comprise mainly long-dated derivatives, the FT reported, citing four people briefed on the plan.
With the creation of the bad bank, Chief Executive Officer Christian Sewing is shifting the German lender away from investment banking and focusing on transaction banking and private wealth management, the newspaper said.
As part of the restructuring, the lender's equity and rates trading units outside continental Europe will be shrunk or closed entirely, the report said.
The bank is planning cuts at its U.S. equities business, including prime brokerage and equity derivatives, to win over shareholders unhappy about its performance, four sources familiar with the matter told Reuters in May.
"As we said at the AGM on May 23, Deutsche Bank is working on measures to accelerate its transformation so as to improve its sustainable profitability. We will update all stakeholders if and when required," Deutsche Bank said in an emailed statement on Sunday in response to the FT report....
There is even an island, "Abu Musa" in contention between Iran and the UAE. It defines sovereign waters in the Persian Gulf.
Even the depth of the waters in this area doesn't lend itself to a great deal of safety for a shipping route.
This is what the shipping industry is facing when sailing through the Straits of Hormuz. Iran has sovereign rights in those waters.
The shipping lanes are very specific.
It is unclear from the depiction of these waters in the media as to where exactly the tankers were found. I still have not changed my mind that this was terrorists. The cargo of these tankers was very specific, one was LNG and the other naphtha. Taiwan imports naphtha which is a byproduct of oil (click here). Both are very explosive. I believe terrorists were engaging these tankers to cause greater devastation.
It is not in Iran's best interest to cause explosions that would bring damage to their coastal cities or waters. I don't see Iran as the culprit.
From what I can tell in media reports it was the "Front Altair" that was in Iranian waters. It is this ship's crew rescued by the Iranian fast boats. That crew is comprised of 11 Russians, one Georgian and 11 Philippine nationals. It is my understanding that crew is still in Iranian custody.
The crew of the "Kokuka Courageous" is safely in the UAE. I believe the Courageous is in UAE waters from the maps available of the reporting. It would appear the rescue was conducted from both Iran and the UAE within their own sovereign waters.
There are problems in carrying out assessments of the area by the USA. Iran will not allow the USA into it's air space or it's national waters.
June 15, 2019
Iran attempted (click here) to shoot down a U.S. drone that was surveilling the attack on one of two tankers hit in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday morning, U.S. Central Command said. The attempt missed the MQ-9 Reaper by "approximately one kilometer."...
Donald J. Trump's campaign promise has really done it this time. Iran is stating it is going to break the limits on enrichment within the international agreement regarding it's nuclear program. I sincerely believe Iran is reassessing it's nuclear program and the consequences for the enrichment and eventually nuclear weapons. That is not an official statement by Iran.
Since the USA backed out of the Iran Nuclear Agreement, it was a matter of time before there would be decisions regarding a return to enrichment and possible nuclear weapon capacity. It is going to be very difficult to return any level of trust by Iran of the USA.
With Trump breaking the agreement and adding sanctions to Iran the world is not safer, especially that of the USA and Israel. This is proof of that. There needs to be a return to peace talks that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may have started with his recent visit.
June 17, 2019
Iran says (click here) it will break its limit for uranium enrichment agreed in its 2015 nuclear deal, the latest escalation in tensions after the US accused Iran of sabotaging oil tankers last week.
Under the 2015 deal — formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) — Iran agreed with the Obama administration and several European states to limit uranium production.
It said it would stick to a 300kg of uranium hexafluoride to 3.7% until 2030....
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