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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 08:38 AM Jan 2017

Kremlin official denies that Russia collects compromising information at all. (Not The Onion.)

https://www.rt.com/news/373283-kremlin-trump-clinton-compromising/

Moscow says documents alleging that Russia has compromising information on Donald Trump are a fabrication and a “total bluff.” Russia has never gathered information of this kind on either the US president-elect, or his former rival, Hillary Clinton.

“The Kremlin has no compromising information on Trump. This report does not correspond to reality and is nothing but an absolute fiction,” the deputy head of the Russian presidential administration, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters on Wednesday.

“This is a total bluff, an absolute fabrication, complete nonsense,” he said.

He reiterated that there is no compromising information on Hillary Clinton either, and that the Russian authorities do not accumulate this type of information.

Of course not. The Kremlin does not collect compromising information. The Kremlin and the Russian president are engaged in building relationships with our foreign partners, firstly – in the interests of the Russian Federation, in the interests of the Russian people, secondly – in the interests of global peace, stability and security,” Peskov said.


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Later in the day, however, an anonymous member of the chatboard on 4chan posted a refutation of the now infamous “golden showers” story, calling it a hoax and “fanfiction.”



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I hope that clears up any open questions.
1. Russia does not, on principle, collect compromising material on people of interest.
2. If some random, anonymous nobody on an internet-forum makes a claim and offers zero evidence, then it must be true.
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Kremlin official denies that Russia collects compromising information at all. (Not The Onion.) (Original Post) DetlefK Jan 2017 OP
A "honeytrap" spy was a term used to describe EXACTLY the Soviet/Russian practice lapfog_1 Jan 2017 #1
"in the interests of global peace, stability and security" hells Jan 2017 #2
Wow, I feel so much better that the "Pravda" has been told by Russia, because the subject of this, Pachamama Jan 2017 #3

lapfog_1

(29,205 posts)
1. A "honeytrap" spy was a term used to describe EXACTLY the Soviet/Russian practice
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 08:44 AM
Jan 2017
http://morgana249.blogspot.com/2014/07/5-examples-of-honey-trap-spies.html

Complete with examples of famous ( and PUBLIC ) honeytraps employed by Russia and Putin over the years.

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
3. Wow, I feel so much better that the "Pravda" has been told by Russia, because the subject of this,
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 06:47 PM
Jan 2017

...is only the President-elect that will be sworn in less than 9 days from now and of course he says that our US Intelligence community is wrong and he reassures us after even publicly calling for Russia to hack Hillary Clinton and to call the US Intel community as being incapable, and defending Russia and Putin as being great and smart....



Really? Are you friggin kidding me? Am I the only one that doesn't feel sick to their stomach, hair standing on back of neck and feeling like screaming "treason", "Traitor" and arrest the unpatriotic mofo and never allow him near the White House and protect our Nation?

I am shaking :Shake: in 9 days this maniac will be given all the access to the assets worldwide and control of our military as commander in chief and of our nuclear arsenal? Please - arrest this man and stop this horrible danger from destroying our nation and the world!!!

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