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Russian oil in Albania and the role of McGonigal, the former president of the American House: There was internal influence on investments

Politiko 2023-03-20 21:43:04

Russian oil in Albania and the role of McGonigal, the former president of the

The former president of the American House, Mark Crawford, has spoken about the involvement of Russian interests in the oil fields in Albania and the role of former FBI agent Charles McGonigal, who is already being tried in the USA for ties to the Russian oligarch, Oleg Deripaska. and is accused of receiving 225,000 dollars from people close to Prime Minister Edi Rama to investigate the issue of Russian influence in the Democratic Party.

Invited to the show "Open" on News 24, Craëford said that during the time when he was active in his role in the American Chamber, he found some American investors who did not make "sense", but with the developments of the last months, he understood that there may have been internal influence.

"The FBI is for internal affairs, it's been in the media before because it was asked about the last election and they said it damaged the Clinton campaign, but it's internal affairs. They don't go out, they don't come alone and meet the prime minister without talking to the embassy. I know it's hard to invest abroad, if you fight even against the FBI it becomes mission impossible.

When I was active, I saw some American investors who did not make sense to me, but understanding the actions now I understand that there may have been internal influence, there was a traitor in our "army". "If the Russians are corrupting an FBI agent, it's also a geopolitical issue, when they have sanctions, they need a second way ," he said. 

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