DoJ drops case against Putin ally’s company
DoJ says it is withdrawing the eight-count indictment of Concord Management and Consulting, a firm owned by Yevgeniy Prigozhin, just weeks before the trial’s scheduled start date. – AFP pic, March 17, 2020.
THE US Justice Department yesterday abruptly dropped its criminal case against a company controlled by a confidant of Russian President Vladimir Putin that allegedly funded a campaign to meddle in the 2016 election. Just weeks before the trial was to begin, DoJ announced it is withdrawing the eight-count indictment of Concord Management and Consulting, a firm owned by Yevgeniy Prigozhin.
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