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of the big priinvestors here wa held by the kremlin? i m not sure. it should inform how we think about the relationship between the russian state and these companies. it shows how long-standing their interest in in these companies. if millner was envesting money through the kremlin, he also had relations, business ties with jared kushner. correct. mr. millner was an investor with personal money into a real esta estate venture that jared kushner and his brother started. there s no indication there s stake money behind that investment. thank you for coming in. this is interesting. you ve been pouring through these documents as we have.
investments. it does show the russian state had a serious interest in these social media companies as far back as 2009 in the case of facebook and 2011 in the case of twitter. we didn t know this before today? no, we didn t know this before today. it s important to understand we re looking at this through the prism of the 2016 election. there s evidence going back as far as 2011, the year they made the investment, that the kremlin was making use of twitter to crack down on protests in mos w moscow. so i think it s important we should be aware the manipulation of those networks is not a phenomenon that began a year ago, but as far back as 2011. millner sold his stakes in these companies and made money doing it. yes. any reason to believe the russians got out of the business? vtb cashed out of its twitter
what was the role of yuri millner. he s an important venture capitalist in silicon valley. what the documents showed, in the case of at which timer he had direct funding for a state owned back for that investment, and for facebook he was backed by a russian oligarch. so russian government money went in through millner? that s correct. does that mean the russian government has a fingerprint on these social media platforms. i want to make it clear there s no evidence that mr. millner did anything wrong or was aware of any motives of theirs beyond making commercial
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