WorldWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Accused Russian agent Maria Butina had wider high-level contacts in Washington than previously known, taking part in 2015 meetings between a visiting Russian official and two senior officials at the U.S. Federal Reserve and Treasury Department. Fischer and Sheets met with many international banking officials as part of their official duties. The Treasury Department in April imposed sanctions on Torshin and a number of other Russian businessmen and government officials in Putin’s inner circle. The think tank’s magazine hosted Trump at an event at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington in April 2016 also attended by Sergei Kislyak, Russia’s ambassador to Washington at the time. Among the think tank’s board members is David Keene, a former NRA president and former chairman of the American Conservative Union.

Source: Sunday Times July 23, 2018 09:24 UTC