Backdoor government, Valley billionaires and George Soros. Oleg Deripaska found those responsible for the conspiracy against Russia

What's happened

Oleg Deripaska, the owner of UC Rusal, believes that the "Russian theme" in American politics is controlled by a small group of people who pursue their own interests. On March 8, a column authored by a businessman was published in the American edition of The Daily Caller. In it, Deripaska shared his thoughts on who is behind the attack on Trump and Russia, and even named several names.

The column begins with a retelling of Barry Levinson's comedy Wag the Dog, in which the main characters, played by Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman, attempt to divert public attention from a sex scandal involving the President of the United States. To do this, they come up with an imaginary conflict between the US and Albania. According to Deripaska, a similar story is now developing with the participation of Russia.

Details

The authors of the “Russian agenda” are the behind-the-scenes government (deep state), consisting of a small group of representatives of the media, business, government and intelligence, writes Deripaska. Collectively, they are trying to turn an "uncomfortable reality into a desirable one", they crave power and achieve their own military-industrial commercial interests, the billionaire writes. Deripaska claims that "unfortunately, he is personally acquainted" with this group - before she decided to deploy the results of the US elections, for two decades its members attacked him and others (how exactly they attacked is not indicated in the material).

In the column, Deripaska points to several people and directly names some names :

• The "central architect" of the "Russian theme" Deripaska calls (without, however, directly mentioning his last name) Bruce Ohr , an employee of the US Department of Justice. *Or * was Deputy Attorney General of the United States Rod Rosenstein and head of one of the divisions of the Department of Justice. Ohr was at the center of a controversy last year when he lost his first job after hiding his contacts with former British MI6 intelligence agent Christopher Steele during an American election campaign. Steele was one of the whistleblowers for Fusion GPS, a Washington-based company that produced a scandalous dossier about Donald Trump and his ties to Russia. Subsequently, it turned out that the dossier was originally ordered by anti-Trump Republicans, but in the end the work was financed by Democrats supporting Hillary Clinton.
• Deripaska also mentions in his column that Ohr's wife Nelly Ohr herself worked for Fusion GPS during the election campaign. What exactly she was doing there has not been officially established, but Deripaska is sure that she “secretly prepared” that very dossier. According to Fox News, Or had previously worked at a research institute and specialized in Russia.
• Separately, Deripaska mentions Glenn Simpson , the head of Fusion GPS. Referring to Simpson's testimony in Congress, Deripaska writes that he tried to influence the American elections in 2016, attack Russia, implicate him in this story and cause damage to his business.
• Deripaska, or those who helped him write the column, clearly know the details of American political life. Another name that appears in his article is Donna Brazil . This is a political scientist and former CNN commentator, who was fired by the broadcaster for telling Hillary Clinton's campaign what questions await her on television debates. Following her dismissal, Brazil took over as interim chairman of the US Democratic National Committee. Deripaska criticizes her for the fact that in one of the television broadcasts she smashed the "Nunes memorandum" (it was named after the head of the House of Representatives for intelligence, Republican Devin Nunes ). It refers to the fact that in 2016 the security forces allegedly illegally obtained a warrant to listen to Carter Page , Trump's former foreign policy adviser. Page was also suspected of having close ties to Russia.
• Finally, Deripaska recalls that Simpson's testimony in Congress, against the will of the Republicans, was made public by California Senator and head of the Senate Intelligence Committee Dianne Feinstein . Last year, Deripaska writes, his lawyer Adam Waldman met with a man named Daniel Jones , who used to work for Fusion GPS, called himself a former FBI agent, and was also one of Feinstein's staff. Deripaska claims that Jones told Waldman that Fusion GPS is "shadow media that helps the government" and is sponsored by " "a group of Silicon Valley billionaires and George Soros .
• Another "shadow player" Deripaska calls Victoria Nuland , who was the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, as well as the official representative of the State Department. She herself made no secret of the fact that she urged Barack Obama to take more decisive action in connection with hacker attacks before the elections, and also received information about the findings of Christopher Steele.

Why The Daily Caller

Why Deripaska decided to publish his column in not the largest and most famous publication is not clear. The representative of the businessman did not answer questions from The Bell. In the US, The Daily Caller is considered a radical conservative publication. It was founded in 2010 by television journalist Tucker Carlson and political consultant, former assistant to Vice President Dick Cheney, Niol Patel. Carlson has previously worked for CNN and MSNBC and now hosts the Fox News political show Tucker Carlson Tonight. The founders of The Daily Caller positioned the site as a conservative version of The Huffington Post. The Daily Caller has a monthly audience of 27 million, about half that of Breitbart, the main American right-wing publication .

What will happen next

Deripaska does not often speak in public, and even more so in the epistolary genre. What could make him come out with such a statement?

• Deripaska may be one of the defendants in the investigation into Russian interference in the US elections, which is being led by special counsel Robert Mueller. According to American media, the commission is investigating Deripaska's ties with political strategist and former head of Trump's campaign headquarters, Paul Manafort.

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• Deripaska is also one of the participants in the "Kremlin list" compiled by the US Treasury. It includes all members of the Russian Forbes list and high-ranking civil servants, but some of them are now facing personal sanctions. to publish them The US authorities promise in the coming weeks.

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Oleg Deripaska's patience seems to have run out. Until now, we did not know what the most talked about oligarch of recent months and the hero of the scandal about interference in the American elections thinks about what is happening. This column at least reflects his official line of defense.

Iryna Malkova, Petr Mironenko