Putin endorsed Obama for president on RT in 2012 and no one said RT should register as a foreign agent

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“Should we demand, moreover, that the tiny Russian-owned media outlet RT register as a foreign agent–as the Atlantic Council has insisted, and as the [Trump] Justice Department is now demanding–but not require the same of the BBC and CBC, which are financed by the British and Canadian governments respectively? What about the Atlantic Council itself, which, receives much of its funding from foreign nations that seek to strengthen NATO?” 
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Putin endorsed Obama for president on RT in 2012, said Obama would provide favorable resolution to missile defense, that Romney would widen rift over anti-missile shield US is deploying in Europe. Putin gushed that Obama is “an honest person who really wants to change much for the better”-Reuters, 9/6/2012

9/6/2012, “UPDATE 1-Russia’s Putin defiant on Syria, says Romney “mistaken”,” Reuters, Moscow 

“Putin held out hope for an end to a dispute with Washington on missile defence if President Barack Obama were re-elected in November, telling Russia’s RT television he was “an honest person who really wants to change much for the better”. 

Putin took aim at Obama’s Republican rival Mitt Romney, calling his criticism of Russia “mistaken” campaign rhetoric and suggesting a Romney presidency would widen the rift over the anti-missile shield the United States is deploying in Europe.“…
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Added: Excerpt from source at top of post:

9/29/17, “Russia-gate’s Shaky Foundation,“ Daniel Herman, Consortium News 

“Should we demand, moreover, that the tiny Russian-owned media outlet RT register as a foreign agent—as the Atlantic Council has insisted, and as the [Trump] Justice Department is now demanding — but not require the same of the BBC and CBC, which are financed by the British and Canadian governments respectively? 

What about the Atlantic Council itself, which, receives much of its funding from foreign nations that seek to strengthen NATO? 

Should the Atlantic Council be required to register as a foreign agent? Does anyone seriously think the Atlantic Council doesn’t propagandize for NATO and for hawkish policies more generally? 

Or what about the hawkish Brookings Institution, or a host of other think tanks that welcome money from foreign powers?”…(subhead, “Silencing Dissent”)



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