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McClatchy reports:
A Russian venture capitalist and tech expert whose name and company are mentioned in the now-notorious document alleging connections between the Donald Trump campaign and Russian hackers says no intelligence officers have ever contacted him about the accusations, which he says are false.
A report compiled by a former Western intelligence official as opposition research against Trump [...] alleged that global tech firm XBT Holding, with operations in Dallas, was instrumental in the hack of leaked Democratic Party emails that embarrassed Hillary Clinton and fellow Democrats.
XBT, owner of Dallas-based enterprise-hosting company Webzilla, is run by a successful Russian tech startup expert, Aleksej Gubarev. In a phone interview from Cyprus, where he said he'd lived since 2002, Gubarev said he was surprised to see his name in the report.
[...] Gubarev said he operated 75,000 servers across the globe and got real-time information if there had been hacking or illicit activity tied to his businesses. There is no evidence of that, he said, adding that no one has contacted him.
[...] If law enforcement wants to talk with him, Gubarev said, his door is open.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 17 2017, @07:36AM
Prove what?
That he is OK with Putin's landgrabs?
Ok:
"But you know, the people of Crimea, from what I've heard, would rather be with Russia than where they were. And you have to look at that, also."
Trump was asked to clarify a comment he made in a recent news conference indicating he was looking at whether Crimea should officially be considered Russian territory.
At the news conference, Trump said he "would be looking at" the possibility of lifting sanctions against Russia tied to its annexation of Crimea, which the U.S. government refuses to accept.
http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/trump-crimeas-people-prefer-russia-elected-putin-ukraine/story?id=41029437 [go.com]
That's bit about the people in Crimea wanting to stay with Russia is an echo of Russia's own propaganda on the Crimea.
Why the fuck is Trump mouthing Putin's talking points?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 17 2017, @08:41AM
That's bit about the people in Crimea wanting to stay with Russia is an echo of Russia's own propaganda on the Crimea.
It was also the result of the vote in the area. But of course, how would some one living in a country that prides itself on not being a democracy understand the idea of letting people vote on matters that concern them...
"Vote fraud" you say? Not according to those who sent people to monitor the vote. Only according to those who were so scared that they might actually have to acknowledge the results, that they refused to send anybody to monitor the vote.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 17 2017, @03:02PM
> Not according to those who sent people to monitor the vote.
So... Nobody then?
The referendum was more than 97% in favor of russia. That lopsidedness only happens in autocracies not free democracies.