By Larry Johnson

"One of the cornerstones of the meme that Donald Trump is beholden to the Russians--i.e. a Putin puppet--is his alleged ties to Semion Mogilevich, who is described in Wikipedia and other publications as the Godfather of all Russian mobsters. Only one tiny problem with the Mogilevich description--it is devoid of any actual evidence and ignores the simple facts that he was born in Ukraine and is a citizen of Israel. Not a Russian.

So why is a Ukrainian born Jew who holds Israeli citizenship described as a "Russian mobster?" It is a deliberate fabrication to classify him as a "Russian." He is an Israeli and a Ukrainian. He is not a Russian by birth nor ethnicity.

If Mogilevich actually was the towering criminal malevolent force that the FBI claims, one would expect his activities to have branched out into illegal narcotics, prostitution, human trafficking and arms trafficking. Instead, the FBI report shows Mogilevich ripping off the former Soviet Union and members of its bloc. Odd." Quote from Sic Semper Tyranis website:

https://turcopolier.typepad.com/sic_semper_tyrannis/2019/01/the-rus...