Russian spy charged with working for Moscow to sow discord in US, Justice Department says - 1010 WCSI

Jul 30, 2022 View Original Article
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    32% Moderately Conservative

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    32% Moderately Conservative

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"Among the allegations in the indictment are that Ionov petitioned the United Nations, accusing the U.S. of genocide against African people, arranged meetings with Russian FSB operatives and traveled to and from the country from Tampa for the meetings and reported his progress back to FSB and Russian officials."
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-32% Liberal
"Blinken had publicly requested the call and revealed the existence of the offer to Russia."
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4% Conservative
"Blinken described the call as a frank and direct conversation centered primarily on the detained Americans."
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2% Conservative
"US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by phone to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday in the highest-level known contact between the two sides since Russia invaded Ukraine, with Blinken urging Russia to accept a deal to win the release of American detainees Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan."
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-4% Liberal
"US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by phone to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday in the highest-level known contact between the two sides since Russia invaded Ukraine, with Blinken urging Russia to accept a deal to win the release of American detainees Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan."
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-4% Liberal
"I can't give you an assessment of whether that is any more or less likely.Families of Americans detained abroad, many of them by some of the top US adversaries, have been increasing pressure on US President Joe Biden, most recently in the case of two-time Olympic gold medalist Griner, who was arrested on drugs charges at a Moscow airport on Feb. 17 and could face up to 10 years in prison."
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-4% Liberal
"Russian officials gave no public hint whether Blinken had made any headway, only issuing a chiding statement afterward urging the US to pursue the Americans' freedom through quiet diplomacy, without releases of speculative information."
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-12% Liberal
"Blinken did not provide details of Lavrov's response to what he had previously called a substantial proposal for Russia to release Whelan and Griner."
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-22% Liberal
"Lavrov told a news conference that talks on prisoner exchanges had been taking place since a summit in Geneva last year where President Vladimir Putin and Biden had agreed to nominate officials to look into the issue."
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-28% Liberal

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34% : Among the allegations in the indictment are that Ionov petitioned the United Nations, accusing the U.S. of genocide against African people, arranged meetings with Russian FSB operatives and traveled to and from the country from Tampa for the meetings and reported his progress back to FSB and Russian officials.

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