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In reply to the discussion: Breaking: 6 countries involved in election interference [View all]dalton99a
(81,451 posts)7. Dimitri Simes was named Rand Paul's Russian Connection in 2014
https://freebeacon.com/politics/rand-pauls-russian-connection/
Rand Pauls Russian Connection
Paul names controversial Kremlin expert foreign policy adviser
BY: Alana Goodman Follow @alanagoodman
August 20, 2014 9:59 am
Dimitri K. Simes (born Dmitry Kostantinovich Simis, Russian: Дмитрий Константинович Симис )
Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) has named as one of his key foreign policy advisers a controversial Russia policy expert with deep ties to the Kremlin.
Dimitri Simes, the president of the Center for the National Interest, and Ambassador Richard Burt, a member of the Centers board of directors, are recent additions to Pauls foreign policy advisory team, the senator told National Journal earlier this year.
For years, Simes and the center have provided a sympathetic platform for the Russian government in the heart of the D.C. policy establishment. Its ties to Moscow extend throughout the organization.
The advisory council of the National Interest, the centers chief publication, includes Alexey Pushkov, a Russian Duma official recently targeted for sanctions by the U.S. government in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Pushkov has come under fire for claiming that the Bush administration orchestrated the September 11 attacks and for blaming the 2013 Navy Yard shooting on "American exceptionalism."
A former aide to Richard Nixon, Simes is publisher of the National Interest, a hotbed of "realist" foreign policy thinking that boasts Henry Kissinger as its honorary chairman.
Simes views and connections are widely known in Russia policy circles. Last September, days after Vladimir Putin published a column in the New York Times denouncing American exceptionalism, Simes joined the Russian president on stage at the Valdai International Discussion Club forum in Russia for a televised panel discussion.
Flanked by three other panelistsGermanys former defense minister and France and Italys former prime ministersSimes seemed out of place at the high-ranking, Kremlin-sponsored forum.
"No one directly addresses Putin at Dimitri Simes level," noted one Washington-based Russia policy expert. "It just doesnt happen."
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Rand Pauls Russian Connection
Paul names controversial Kremlin expert foreign policy adviser
BY: Alana Goodman Follow @alanagoodman
August 20, 2014 9:59 am
Dimitri K. Simes (born Dmitry Kostantinovich Simis, Russian: Дмитрий Константинович Симис )
Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) has named as one of his key foreign policy advisers a controversial Russia policy expert with deep ties to the Kremlin.
Dimitri Simes, the president of the Center for the National Interest, and Ambassador Richard Burt, a member of the Centers board of directors, are recent additions to Pauls foreign policy advisory team, the senator told National Journal earlier this year.
For years, Simes and the center have provided a sympathetic platform for the Russian government in the heart of the D.C. policy establishment. Its ties to Moscow extend throughout the organization.
The advisory council of the National Interest, the centers chief publication, includes Alexey Pushkov, a Russian Duma official recently targeted for sanctions by the U.S. government in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Pushkov has come under fire for claiming that the Bush administration orchestrated the September 11 attacks and for blaming the 2013 Navy Yard shooting on "American exceptionalism."
A former aide to Richard Nixon, Simes is publisher of the National Interest, a hotbed of "realist" foreign policy thinking that boasts Henry Kissinger as its honorary chairman.
Simes views and connections are widely known in Russia policy circles. Last September, days after Vladimir Putin published a column in the New York Times denouncing American exceptionalism, Simes joined the Russian president on stage at the Valdai International Discussion Club forum in Russia for a televised panel discussion.
Flanked by three other panelistsGermanys former defense minister and France and Italys former prime ministersSimes seemed out of place at the high-ranking, Kremlin-sponsored forum.
"No one directly addresses Putin at Dimitri Simes level," noted one Washington-based Russia policy expert. "It just doesnt happen."
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That's beside the point. Why is Schiff even going there?? Do your damn constitutional duty!
triron
Jun 2019
#87
Six nations hatched a plot to elect Trump. Russia, Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, and Egypt
Celerity
Jun 2019
#19
So many interfering. Wonder if too many cooks spoil the broth? E.g., they are all in effect, ...
SWBTATTReg
Jun 2019
#20
So is it religion stirring political pots, or politics/nations stirring religious ones?
erronis
Jun 2019
#30
Would Republicans Even Care if They Knew Numerous Hostile Foreign Governments Helped "Elect" Trump?
dlk
Jun 2019
#34
From what I understand was that he was turned down for a security clearance but Donny ...
Botany
Jun 2019
#70
Our nation's military and law enforcement had better take a good look at themselves.
lpbk2713
Jun 2019
#36
best way for americans to neutralize this is to monitor and neutralize rw radio because they're
certainot
Jun 2019
#37
By 9 PM EST election night, it should have been clear to all that the election was stolen.
NRaleighLiberal
Jun 2019
#48
I agree. I will never forget the feeling that something awful was perpetrated upon us.
boston bean
Jun 2019
#62
This is why Barr was recently given such far-reaching declassification authority by Trump,
sop
Jun 2019
#121
I'm cautious on this one. Hard to believe anyone would invest in Trump since 2013.
Pepsidog
Jun 2019
#63
This is a global attack on us. This is just too much. House Dems must have a Sit Down.
ancianita
Jun 2019
#76
Yet, with this as well as Republicans cheating (gerrymandering, etc.) we should wait
Nevermypresident
Jun 2019
#77
Pompeo, Kushner visit Bilderberg Group event as US Iran policies raise concerns
Scurrilous
Jun 2019
#90
Just follow the money. Where do you think Trump has been getting all the money???
YOHABLO
Jun 2019
#93
I hear you, but trump is in office. Truthfully, I think trump being in office is more due to
Hoyt
Jun 2019
#128
I was alerted for having the audacity to surmise that Israel and Russia were together on this.
sarabelle
Jun 2019
#122