RUSSIA - Putin and Protests

"Why Navalny poses a special challenge to Putin’s leadership" PBS NewsHour 4/21/2021

My answer:  Putin is a tinpot dictator on the payroll of Oligarchs, does not care about the Russian people, and Navalny is a very big threat."

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SUMMARY:  Across Russia Wednesday, protesters took to the streets in support of the jailed — and critically ill — opposition leader Alexei Navalny.  They denounced the man they blame for his imprisonment, President Vladimir Putin.  Amna Nawaz discusses the latest with Celeste Wallander, who was the senior director for Russia and Eurasia on the National Security Council staff under the Obama administration.

FOLLOW THE MONEY - "Don" Trump's Corrupt White House MOB

"Why did major companies pay Trump’s personal lawyer through a shell company?" PBS NewsHour 5/9/2018

Answer?  Hoping to hide the bribes and pay-backs.

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SUMMARY:  Payments tolling more than $4 million were made to a shell company set up by Michael Cohen, President Trump's personal attorney, and included about $500,000 from a U.S. company with ties to a Russian oligarch who is close to Vladimir Putin.  That shell company was also used to pay hush money to adult film actress Stephanie Clifford.  John Yang talks to Rosalind Helderman of the Washington Post.