BIG. Lawyers that used to represent Derkatch (the guy feeding deza to Giuliani) are cooperating [View all]

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Lobbyists drop Ukrainian lawmaker tied to Russia

This is BIG. Lawyers that used to represent Derkatch (the guy feeding deza to Giuliani) are cooperating with investigators.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/28/lobbyists-drop-ukrainian-lawmaker-404573

A Ukrainian politician accused of helping the Kremlin interfere in the 2020 election interference has quietly parted ways with his D.C. lobbying team, POLITICO confirmed. One of the ex-lobbyists said he is now cooperating with U.S. law enforcement.

In April of this year, Ukrainian parliamentarian Andrii Derkach retained former Ukrainian parliamentarian Andrii Artemenko and a second person named Nabil Bader to represent him in Washington. Derkach has helped Rudy Giuliani — a lawyer for Trump and longtime confidant of the president — investigate unsubstantiated allegations about former vice president Joe Biden and his son Hunter.

Four months after he hired the lobbyists, on Aug. 7, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a statement pointing to Derkach’s activity as part of the Russian government’s efforts to damage Biden’s candidacy.

On Aug. 15, the Justice Department unit responsible for overseeing foreign lobbying received notice that Artemenko and Bader were no longer representing Derkach. A letter from Bader to Derkach terminating their firm’s work for the parliamentarian is dated July 28.

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Deza


Dezinformatsiya (disinformation) is another Russian term once known only to espionage mavens but which, thanks to the events of 2016, now falls off the tongue of average citizens. Deza, as it’s called for short, is the original “fake news,” an alluring amalgam of fact and fantasy—much of it unverifiable—designed to confuse readers and shift political discussions.


https://observer.com/2017/03/kremlingate-russia-spy-game-disinformation/