https://freerepublic.com/tag/hawaiianpark/ en-us Tue, 8 Mar 2022 23:01:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4044952/posts Elena Branson, a dual Russian and U.S. citizen, has been charged with acting and conspiring to act in the United States illegally as an agent of the Russian government, willfully failing to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (“FARA”), as well as conspiring to commit visa fraud and making false statements to the FBI. As alleged, beginning in at least 2011, Branson worked on behalf of the Russian government and Russian officials to advance Russian interests in the United States, including by coordinating meetings for Russian officials to lobby U.S. political officials and businesspersons, and by operating organizations in... Breaking 911 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4044952/posts#comment Tue, 8 Mar 2022 23:01:20 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4045197/posts An accused Russian spy who worked as a merchant banker in New York City called convicted spy Maria Butina after 30 FBI agents showed up at her apartment with a battering ram. Elena Branson, 61, who holds dual U.S. and Russian citizenship, was accused of running a 'Russian propaganda center' in New York and communicating directly with President Vladimir Putin. She shared details of her encounter with the law during a cozy chat with Butina broadcast on Russian state broadcaster RT, and recalled how Butina had been one of the first people she'd contacted. https://www.dailymail.co.uk https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4045197/posts#comment Wed, 9 Mar 2022 17:27:59 GMT