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What are the clear errors? I've been looking up small details like the names of the Russian officials mentioned (since I can easily read the Russian government

What are the clear errors? I've been looking up small details like the names of the Russian officials mentioned (since I can easily read the Russian government websites) and names/times line up without any clear error. Details like Mikhail Kalugin's recall from the Washington embassy (easily checked against archives of Russian embassy websites) that weren't mentioned in any newsfeeds, including LexisNexis and other DB searches, are surprisingly accurate. If this is a hoax, it's an extremely well executed one.

alva 10y ago
https://www.buzzfeed.com/kenbensinger/these-reports-allege-trump-has-deep-ties-to-russia?utm_term=.meDe2PGWV#.tuRgb8K7o https://www.buzzfeed.com/kenbensinger/these-reports-allege-t... Check the disclaimers littered throughout.
- akiselev 10y ago
  There's nothing "littered throughout." There is a few sentences in the middle that say: It is not just unconfirmed: It includes some clear errors. The report misspells the name of one company, “Alpha Group,” throughout. It is Alfa Group. The report says the settlement of Barvikha, outside Moscow, is “reserved for the residences of the top leadership and their close associates.” It is not reserved for anyone, and it is also populated by the very wealthy. Those aren't errors. Alfa Group is the spelling the company uses but the Russian names Альфа and Альфа-Банк are most commonly translated as Alpha and Alpha-Bank, including by many of the sources cited by the relevant Wikipedia article. I don't know if you've ever been to Barvikha but there are multiple "settlements" there that are fenced or guarded and where you can only build if you get approval from the local officials. I don't know if any of them are for party insiders but it wouldn't be a stretch considering Barvikha holds one of the official Presidential resorts.

alva 10y ago

https://www.buzzfeed.com/kenbensinger/these-reports-allege-trump-has-deep-ties-to-russia?utm_term=.meDe2PGWV#.tuRgb8K7o https://www.buzzfeed.com/kenbensinger/these-reports-allege-t... Check the disclaimers littered throughout.

akiselev 10y ago
There's nothing "littered throughout." There is a few sentences in the middle that say: It is not just unconfirmed: It includes some clear errors. The report misspells the name of one company, “Alpha Group,” throughout. It is Alfa Group. The report says the settlement of Barvikha, outside Moscow, is “reserved for the residences of the top leadership and their close associates.” It is not reserved for anyone, and it is also populated by the very wealthy. Those aren't errors. Alfa Group is the spelling the company uses but the Russian names Альфа and Альфа-Банк are most commonly translated as Alpha and Alpha-Bank, including by many of the sources cited by the relevant Wikipedia article. I don't know if you've ever been to Barvikha but there are multiple "settlements" there that are fenced or guarded and where you can only build if you get approval from the local officials. I don't know if any of them are for party insiders but it wouldn't be a stretch considering Barvikha holds one of the official Presidential resorts.