Russiagate

English

proper noun
Definitions
  • A late 1990s scandal in which billions of dollars were laundered out of Russia by the bureaucracy of president with the assistance of Western banks such as the .
  • (US politics) The controversy that ensued since the 2016 US presidential election about purported links between Russian actors and , his campaign and his subsequent administration.

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Suffix from English Russia.

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English

Russia

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