Disgraced CNN Runs FAKE NEWS Story on Russian “Revenge” After Diplomats are Expelled

On Thursday Obama supposedly “retaliated” for a Russian hacking plot to “overtake our election” and help Trump win by booting out 35 Russians diplomats and imposing sanctions on Russia.

Mind you; there’s been no proof of this shown to the American people – just a lot of paranoid rhetoric, political posturing, and fake news on the matter.

CNN then jumped into action, by immediately spreading FAKE NEWS on the issue, claiming Russia retaliated by closing an American school.

No, they didn’t.

From Radio Free Europe:

CNN is reporting that Russian authorities have ordered the closing of the Anglo-American School of Moscow after the United States imposed major new sanctions on December 29 over Moscow’s meddling in the U.S. election.

The school serves children of U.S., British, and Canadian embassy personnel.

It is also attended by children of other expatriates in Moscow and Russians, and will be closed to all, U.S. officials told CNN, adding that Russia is also closing access to a U.S. Embassy vacation house in Serebryany Bor, a wooded neighborhood in Moscow.

The closings of popular haunts for U.S. Embassy workers and their families appeared to be in direct retaliation for the White House’s closure of two properties in Washington and New York used by Russian diplomats, part of a series of new election-related sanctions.

One of the two properties, a sprawling riverfront compound on Maryland’s eastern shore, is a swanky recreational facility where Russian diplomats played tennis and went sailing. The White House accused Moscow of also using it for spying.

There was no immediate confirmation from Russian officials about the closings. Russia is promising more “reprisals” against sanctions announced by the White House, to be announced on December 30.

From TASS.com

The CNN earlier reported that Russian authorities have ordered the closing of the Anglo-American School in Moscow as a retaliatory measure after Washington’s new sanctions
MOSCOW, December 30. /TASS/. Information on the closure of the Anglo-American School in Moscow spread by CNN is completely false, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, wrote on her Facebook.

“US officials ‘anonymously informed’ their media that Russia closed the Anglo-American School in Moscow as a retaliatory measure,” she said. “That’s a lie. Apparently, the White House has completely lost its senses and began inventing sanctions against its own children.”

“You should not write that ‘Moscow denied…. Or Moscow will not…”. Write as it is: “The CNN TV channel and other Western media have again spread false information citing official American sources,” Zakharova stated.

The CNN earlier reported that Russian authorities have ordered the closing of the Anglo-American School in Moscow as a retaliatory measure after Washington imposed new sanctions on Russia.

On December 29, it became known that Washington slapped new sanctions on Moscow over its supposed cyberattacks on US institutions. The restrictive measures announced on Thursday apply to some Russian companies, the Federal Security Service and the Russian General Staff’s Main Department and its senior officials. In addition to that, US authorities declared 35 Russian diplomats persona non grata. Washington also informed Moscow that it would deny Russian personnel access to two recreational compounds in the United States owned by the Russian government.

Moscow has repeatedly denied any involvement in cyberattacks. Commenting on the new sanctions, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said they are a manifestation of aggression.

H/T – Gateway Pundit

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