When Maria Butina and Alexander Torshin’s brought NRA bigwigs to Moscow, it wasn’t a rogue mission. It was okayed from the very top, according to a report reviewed by The Beast.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kremlin-blessed-russias-nra-operation-us-intel-report-says
https://www.novayagazeta.ru/articles/2019/01/12/79164-minsk-ne-nash
https://zn.ua/international/o-civilizaciyah-elitah-i-dorogah-kotorye-my-vybiraem-305503_.html
http://www.kasparov.ru/material.php?id=5C39D68AD3AA8
http://www.rosbalt.ru/russia/2019/01/12/1757386.html
https://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2019/01/11_a_12125071.shtml