Since the tide is beginning to turn as the major media outlets are beginning to acknowledge that Trump is obviously Putin’s puppet, what else would you need to cement the idea of Russian close Russian ties than confirmation of a Republican senator getting friendly with the grandson of Joseph Stalin’s foreign minister on Russian network television?
From Rawstory, a Kremlin-funded television station broadcast images of Sen. Richard Shelby consorting with Vyacheslav Nikonov. Julia Davis, a Russian media analyst, noted the connection.
GOP lawmakers requested that their meetings with members of the Russian government proceed in a closed format (no press allowed).
Here is @SenShelby chitchatting with Molotov's grandson, Vyacheslav Nikonov.
Happy #IndependenceDay. pic.twitter.com/s8RNm3GqH1— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) July 3, 2018
Do you have *any* logical explanation for why this visit to Russia is happening? I cannot believe they’re in Russia during the 4th. The whole thing just seems surreal.
— Marlon Weems (@GeekTrader) July 3, 2018
It is surreal. No reason to normalize our relations with Putin's Russia at this point in time, the Kremlin hasn't done a thing to earn it.
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) July 3, 2018
Here is Shelby in a video clip from VTGRK.
