- Admitted foreign agent Maria Butina insists there was ‘racism’ against Russians amid 2016 election. She is fresh out of a 15-month prison stay and has been deported back to her home country. Butina’s handler was former politician and deputy governor of the Central Bank of Russia, Alexander Torshin. https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/admitted-foreign-agent-maria-butina-insists-there-was-racism-against-russians-amid-2016-election/ 12 comments worldnews
- Six years before he was exposed for allegedly managing a covert agent on U.S. soil, the Russian politician Alexander Torshin hosted young Americans visiting Moscow as part of two cultural exchange programs, including one that has drawn the FBI’s scrutiny. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/14/russia-americans-putin-torshin-776237 7 comments worldnews
- Spanish police give FBI wiretaps of Putin ally Alexander Torshin, who met with Trump Jr. during the campaign https://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-obtains-alexander-torshin-wiretaps-from-spanish-police-2018-5?utm_source=facebook 3 comments politics
- Meet the Rockefeller heir who hosted Maria Butina, Alexander Torshin, and Dana Rohrabacher https://thinkprogress.org/george-oneill-maria-butina-and-the-russia-nra-scandal-afb79da4ef9a/ 65 comments politics
- The FBI has obtained secret wiretaps collected by Spanish police of conversations involving Alexander Torshin, a deputy governor of Russia’s Central Bank who has forged close ties with U.S. lawmakers and the National Rifle Association https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-son-concerned-wiretaps-show-trump-jr-met-putin-ally-231215529.html 397 comments worldnews
- What’s the Truth About the NRA’s Man in Moscow? Russian politician and Putin ally Alexander Torshin is wanted as a mobster money launderer in Spain. Is his Trump connection as sinister as it sounds? https://www.thedailybeast.com/whats-the-truth-about-the-nras-man-in-moscow?ref=home 5 comments politics
- Who Is Alexander Torshin? Russian Banker Linked With Putin Talked With Donald Trump Jr. at 2016 Dinner. http://www.newsweek.com/alexander-torshin-donald-trump-jr-meeting-716095 8 comments politics
- Alexander Torshin, deputy governor of the Central Bank of Russia and investigated in Spain for money laundering, has infiltrated the US president’s circle http://elpais.com/elpais/2017/03/31/inenglish/1490984556_409827.html 12 comments politics