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Darren Beattie, who alarmed the State Department with his pro-Moscow views, is married to a woman whose uncle has ties to Putin

A senior official who dismantled the US government’s Russian disinformation unit is married to a Russian woman with links to the Kremlin, The Telegraph can reveal.

Darren Beattie has provoked alarm within the State Department since being appointed in February for his ardent pro-Russian views and focus on destroying the agency tasked with tackling Kremlin propaganda.

Mr Beattie, the acting under-secretary for public diplomacy and public affairs, is married to a woman whose uncle has taken several roles in Russian politics and once received a personal “thank you” message from Vladimir Putin.

Many of Mr Beattie’s social media posts also concern China, repeatedly calling on the US to surrender Taiwan to Beijing, and labelling Britain a “poor and pathetic kingdom” that would be “far better off under Chinese dominion”.

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[–] aramis87@fedia.io 44 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The entire trump administration, including musk, has ties to the Kremlin.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago

You mean the Krasnov administration.

[–] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 21 points 4 days ago

Being a trump official, he is no more than 2 degrees of separation away from putin.

[–] s0k@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago
[–] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

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I'm shocked ! Shocked I tell you ! Ok, not that shocked

[–] puddinghelmet@feddit.nl 12 points 4 days ago

Trump himself is linked to the Kremlin... HAHAHAHAHA

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[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 12 points 4 days ago

What a fucking surprise! I am SHOCKED!

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] puddinghelmet@feddit.nl 2 points 4 days ago

Just pray they don't do too much damage because for now they deffo won't be impeached lmao. Given the current political climate, any logical decision would be a surprise.