NY pols: We heart ‘smart’ Moscow
ALBANY-Staten Island State Sen. Diane Savino and a group of New York lawmakers may have unwittingly become tools of Russian propaganda. The lawmakers are in the midst of a week-long fact-finding trip through Russia, and Savino, a Democrat, was quoted in a Kremlin-funded news operation praising the “really smart stuff” Moscow has done. “We were really quite surprised to see how well the city of Moscow is run,” Savino was quoted saying by Sputnik News, which is reportedly under investigation by the FBI for taking part in Russian intelligence efforts to undermine last year’s elections.