IIn January 2016, the United States began to accept things that seemed unthinkable before. Barring unforeseen events, Donald J Trump is expected to become the Republican presidential candidate. Some people welcomed this dizzying prospect, while others in the Republican establishment flinched in fear.
The men themselves showed self-confidence. “I have a feeling that it will succeed, actually,” he said Tell his rival Ted Cruz during the Fox News debate. As of January 22, polls showed that Trump was far ahead. Snowstorm nudges Washington.
Trump’s amazing and confusing rise has not been ignored in Russia.The American public did not know that his personal lawyer Michael Cohen was Contact the Office of the Press Secretary of the KremlinCohen once asked for help to build a luxury hotel in Moscow-this is Trump’s decades-long dream.
At the same time, Trump said something about Vladimir Putin, A man called the cold-eyed KGB killer by some major American politicians. “If we live in harmony with Russia, wouldn’t it be great,” Trump would meditate.
There is no doubt that he is the preferred candidate for the Kremlin.The reason for endless conjecture is the length Russia Ready to help Trump win. The Guardian spent months trying to verify the authenticity of documents that might provide an answer to this question.
Our investigation According to reports, Western intelligence agencies have known about these documents — and have been reviewing them — for some time.
Independent experts contacted by The Guardian also confirmed that they are consistent with the Kremlin’s ideas and command system.
Their fascination with material that seems to come from the center of the Kremlin is easy to understand.
These documents show that with Trump’s advancement, a group of analysts within the Russian government are putting the finishing touches on a secret document.
The title of the document is dull enough: “Report on strengthening the country and stabilizing Russia’s position under external economic constraints.”
Its content is not.
The document describes how Putin’s expert department urged a multi-level plan to intervene in the White House campaign. Goal: “Destabilize” the United States.
Experts confidently believe that the most important thing is that a candidate may help achieve this goal-the “mentally unstable”, impulsive, and “imbalanced” Trump.
The plan is considered completely defensive. The Obama administration has caused damage to the Russian economy by imposing sanctions. According to the report, living standards are declining, regional elites are unhappy, and the sugar wave of Putin’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 has subsided. The potential domestic political danger lies ahead.
It said that from Moscow’s perspective, it is wise to formulate measures to “force” the United States to relax by removing or softening anti-Russian sanctions.
This newspaper seems to have caused a commotion in the Kremlin.
The document shows that on January 14, the head of the expert department, Vladimir Simonenko, shared a three-page summary.
“At the moment, the Russian Federation finds itself in a difficult position. American measures continue to be felt in all areas of public life,” it began. Next, Putin ordered Alexander Manzoshin, the head of his foreign policy bureau, to arrange an emergency meeting of the National Security Council, Russia’s highest decision-making body. In the next few days, Putin seemed to read the document himself.
By January 22, other Council members will have the opportunity to digest its content. The early part involved the Russian economy. The secret measures of the United States are contained in the special section beginning on page 14.
This report seems to confirm what Trump later denied: Putin’s spy agency collected compromised material about him, possibly dating back to the Soviet KGB era.
Trump’s personal shortcomings are so widespread — and with an “inferiority complex” — that he is the perfect person to encourage differences and weaken the US negotiating position.
The newspaper said that unpleasant comments on Trump’s character were based on evidence that came from observations of his behavior during his travels in Russia.
trump card Visited communist Moscow and Leningrad in the summer of 1987 At the invitation of the Soviet envoy in New York. Trump returned to China in the 1990s and early 2000s, seeking business deals, and flew to the 2013 Miss Universe pageant while staying at the Ritz-Carlton in Moscow. Putin’s FSB agency installed spy cameras in guest rooms and a full-time official on the scene, The Senate Intelligence Committee later discovered.
The report appeared to confirm that Trump was being monitored, but did not give a date or location. “Considering certain events that occurred during his stay in the territory of the Russian Federation (Appendix 5-Donald J Trump’s Personal Characteristics, paragraph 5), it is urgently needed to do everything possible to promote his election as President of the United States,” it said.
Russian allegations Chamber of Commerce Trump will haunt his four years in the White House. True or false, his flattery to Putin is a mystery of his chaotic presidency.
Documents seen by the “Guardian” indicate that after the Council meeting, Putin established a special interagency committee headed by his close ally, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu. Shoigu fully commanded the actions that affected the 2016 U.S. election. GRU military intelligence, SVR foreign intelligence, and FSB were all told to immediately prepare practical steps to help complete the report’s preferred scenario-Trump wins.
This of course happened when the internal spy agency was tense.
The head of SVR at the time, Mikhail Fradkov (Mikhail Fradkov) was considered a weak figure. In 2010, the FBI 10 undercover agents of Fradkov were arrested in the U.S.The scandal seriously damaged his authority. GRU and FSB almost unabashedly want to take over the functions of SVR abroad. At the same time, Igor Sergun, the head of GRU, Passed away two weeks before the meeting, Apparently undercover in the Middle East.
By the spring of 2016, the committee leaders seemed to have overcome institutional competition and cooperated in harmony. A team of GRU cyber hackers moved into an anonymous glass tower in northwest Moscow. They work closely with GRU colleagues in the city center building.
The first phishing email was sent to Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta on March 19.
More people followed. As the report correctly envisioned, these stolen and dumped emails became a kind of “media virus”—infecting and weakening the Democratic Party’s campaign activities and affecting millions of American voters through Facebook and Twitter.
By the fall, President Obama was convinced that Putin personally approved the hacking operation, which Clinton believed had cost her the presidency. October 2016, Obama Protested to his Russian counterparts on the phone, Told Putin that his election intervention was an “act of war.”Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s 2019 report called the Kremlin’s actions “Comprehensive and systematic”. In 2020, the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee Say this is “positive and multifaceted.”
Organizing committee details Multiple interactions between individuals related to the Russian government and Trump’s inner circle. GRU spy Konstantin Kilimnik secretly met with Paul Manafort, Trump’s campaign chairman. Manafort provided Kilimnik with private polls and other data. The two communicated using encrypted messages and shared email drafts.
The report claims that Putin will be able to exploit Trump’s weaknesses in “secret fashion” in bilateral discussions. What is going on?
Something happened in these areas The notorious 2018 Helsinki Summit. Trump was asked at a joint press conference to condemn Kremlin hacking and dumping Support Putin’s assertion that Moscow did not intervene – Statements that are inconsistent with the findings of all 14 US intelligence agencies. After being strongly opposed at home, after speculating that the Russians were blackmailing the president in some way, Trump said he was wrong.
Putin has repeatedly denied that he has interfered in American politics. Western governments don’t believe him. According to U.S. intelligence officials, Moscow tried to spread “Misleading or unsubstantiated allegations” Oppose Joe Biden.Last year, Russian national hackers Many US federal agencies have been infiltrated in large-scale cyber attacks.
Little is known about how the decision-making at the top of the Kremlin works. The apparently leaked documents seen by the Guardian seem to indicate that the traces of bureaucratic documents are more important than you might think. Security Council– Sovbez In Russian-more and more like the powerful Politburo of the Soviet Executive Committee. At the top is a small group of like-minded people, led by an outstanding figure.
Currently, Putin’s regime looks indestructible, although Mass street protests in January After the opposition leader was arrested and imprisoned Alexei Navalny, Poisoned in a special FSB operation in 2020. As the turmoil intensifies, it seems likely that further leaks are possible. The lesson comes from history. When the Soviet Union collapsed 30 years ago, KGB documents were opened and long-buried secrets were leaked.
Trump initially did not respond to a request for comment.
Subsequently, his spokesman Liz Harrington (Liz Harrington) issued a statement on his behalf.
“This is disgusting. This is fake news, just like Russia, Russia, Russia is fake news. It’s just that radical leftist lunatics do their best to demean everyone on the right.
“This is fictitious. No one is more harsh on Russia than I am, including in terms of pipelines and sanctions. At the same time, we get along well with Russia. Russia respects us, China respects us, Iran respects us, and North Korea respects us.
“And the world is a safer place than today’s mentally unstable leaders.”
