Privyet Maria, Kak di La? How Maria Butina corresponded with the adviser to Trump's headquarters: The Washington Post

The Washington Post spoke about the correspondence of the Russian woman Maria Butina with the former adviser to the headquarters of Donald Trump Jay Di Gordon , who was considered a member of the future transition team of Trump in the event of his victory in the election.

The fact of Botina’s communication with Gordon, the newspaper notes, says that the Russian woman was closer to the environment of the future president of the United States, which was previously considered. In addition, details from the article by The Washington Post allow us to judge what was and how the Butina’s communication with influential Republicans was.

Butina and Gordon met on September 29 at a party in the residence of the ambassador of Switzerland. After that, Paul Erickson, who helped Butina to establish ties with the Republicans and was in close relations with her, wrote them both in order to initiate their correspondence. He presented Botin as a “special friend” of the National Infantry Association (NRA) and assistant deputy chairman of the Russian Central Bank. Gordon is as a person who plays a “key role in the transition process of Trump” and to whose opinion all “correct” people listen to international security.

Erickson added that Gordon will become the “excellent addition to the future Russian-American“ friendly ”dinners, which Butitina arranged with the help of the heir to the Rockefeller family George Oʼnila Jr.-and which, according to the investigation, were part of her lobbying plan.

According to The Washington Post, Gordon quickly responded to the letter and sent a link to Erickson to his interview with RT , in which Trump’s “healthy” approach to relations with Russia predicted. The Russian woman praised him and noted that he looked “smart and calm”, appearing on television. Subsequently, Gordon sent a link to the Politico article about the fact that he could become part of Trump's transition team.

During the correspondence, Butitin really invited Gordon for lunch to Oʼnilu Jr., but he said that he was busy and invited her to go to drink, attend the Styx group, and also called her birthday at the end of October (after that, the Russian lawyer claims, they did not meet anymore).

In his letters to Butina, Gordon tried to use Russian phrases - some of them began with the words “Privyet Maria”, and in one Gordon, according to the newspaper, he wrote “Kak di La?”

Jay Di Gordon, who eventually did not become a member of Trump’s transition team, in the commentary for The Washington Post called his contacts with Botina harmless, and her very business was an attempt to denigrate the Republicans and members of the National Rifle Association with whom she met.

“It seems that in her constant attempts to strengthen the relations of the United States with Russia, she met countless influential Americans. Given the fact that each president since the Cold War has tried to improve relations with Russia, including President Barack Obama, her events on Russian-American friendship seemed to be relevant to the old American foreign policy goal, ”he said.

Victor Davydov