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When Russia’s Dark Arts Backfire

Overview

A short account of of Natalia Veselnitskaya, a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer implicated in this week’s news about Donald Trump Jr, and her own involvement in pro-Kremlim media influence and information operations.

Why is this important?

The Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. to offer Russian government help to discredit Hillary Clinton has a history of not always succeeding. A previous effort of hers also blew up in Russia’s face. “That story, we think, says a lot about Russian power, how it works and when it doesn’t,” says the New York Times Pulitzer-Prize-winning reporters in this reported opinion piece from their newsletter.

Creator

Max Fisher
Amanda Taub

Publication Date

July 12, 2017