Politico: Republicans brewing Russian scandal to target greens

[JA]

Amazed at the hatred for the green movement in the US

You're amazed by that?

[JA]

Amazed at the hatred for the green movement in the US

I'm not sure people are saying environmentalists and other anti-fracking groups would knowingly take the money, just that Russia could indeed be funneling money to the groups secretly. Personally, I'm supportive of many of these anti-fracking efforts but at the same time I wouldn't put it beneath Russia to covertly direct funding to some groups if they thought it might help their cause.

While that's obviously something we should attempt to discover, I worry how it'd inevitably be politicized by Republicans. That's yet another excuse for them to oppose environmental issues and attempt to deflect attention away from the Trump team's alleged Russian collusion.

[JA]

Makes sense from a geopolitical standpoint, but the Russians are smart enough to know that the US is a two party country. Maybe this was a "well wth not?" by the FSB.

The allegation is not that they're funding the irrelevant Green Party, but environmental groups. The only purpose in funding the Green Party would be to undermine Democrats and help Republicans.