Russiagate

English

Etymology

Russia +‎ -gate

Proper noun

Russiagate

A late 1990s scandal in which billions of dollars were laundered out of Russia by the bureaucracy of president Boris Yeltsin with the assistance of Western banks such as the Bank of New York.
- 2013, Ronen Palan, Richard Murphy, Christian Chavagneux, Tax Havens: How Globalization Really Works (page 74)
  Nauru, a small Pacific atoll, was involved in the largest money laundering case in history, the so-called Russiagate scandal of the late 1990s, which involved the Bank of New York.
(US politics, informal) The controversy and Russia investigation that ensued after the 2016 US presidential election regarding the discovery of myriad secretive links between Trump associates and Russian officials.
- 2019 September 30, Natasha Bertrand, “The Russia Hawk in the White House”, in POLITICO Magazine‎:
  Her [Fiona Hill's] time as special assistant to the president and senior director for European and Russian Affairs, a role that put her at the center of domestic and geopolitical intrigue, follows the arc of the Russiagate scandal that dogged Trump’s presidency almost from its inception.

Derived terms

Russiagater

单词	Russiagate
释义	Russiagate English Etymology Russia +‎ -gate Proper noun Russiagate A late 1990s scandal in which billions of dollars were laundered out of Russia by the bureaucracy of president Boris Yeltsin with the assistance of Western banks such as the Bank of New York. 2013, Ronen Palan, Richard Murphy, Christian Chavagneux, Tax Havens: How Globalization Really Works (page 74) Nauru, a small Pacific atoll, was involved in the largest money laundering case in history, the so-called Russiagate scandal of the late 1990s, which involved the Bank of New York. (US politics, informal) The controversy and Russia investigation that ensued after the 2016 US presidential election regarding the discovery of myriad secretive links between Trump associates and Russian officials. 2019 September 30, Natasha Bertrand, “The Russia Hawk in the White House”, in POLITICO Magazine‎: Her [Fiona Hill's] time as special assistant to the president and senior director for European and Russian Affairs, a role that put her at the center of domestic and geopolitical intrigue, follows the arc of the Russiagate scandal that dogged Trump’s presidency almost from its inception. Derived terms Russiagater
随便看	myterna myternas my'ternes myternes myterneth myters mytesarif mytesarifi mytesarifë mytesarifët myteyn myteyne myteynes myth mytharc mytharcs mythbust mythbusted mythbusting mythbusts mythconception mythconceptions mythe mytheme mythemes