Dimitri Simes, 76, charged with working for sanctioned Russian state television network and laundering proceedsThe US government has charged a Russian-born US citizen and former adviser to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign with working for a sanctioned Russian state television network and laundering the proceeds.Indictments announced Thursday by the US Department of Justice allege that Dimitri Simes and his wife received over $1m and a personal car and driver in exchange for work they did for Russia’s Channel One since June 2022. The network was sanctioned by the US in 2022 over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading…
Dimitri Simes, 76, charged with working for sanctioned Russian state television network and laundering proceeds
The US government has charged a Russian-born US citizen and former adviser to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign with working for a sanctioned Russian state television network and laundering the proceeds.
Indictments announced Thursday by the US Department of Justice allege that Dimitri Simes and his wife received over $1m and a personal car and driver in exchange for work they did for Russia’s Channel One since June 2022. The network was sanctioned by the US in 2022 over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
