Epstein Secrets

out- come resembles the obviously rigged results in total- itarian or junta-like settings. Eurasian presidents such as Azerbaijan's Ilham Aliyev and Belarus's Alyaksandr Lukashenka have repeatedly won elections with over 80 percent of the vote, and others have easily broken the 90 percent barrier. The

vil Society in Russia,' Human Rights Watch, February 24, 2017, Ittps://www.hrw.org/ news/2017/02/24/briefine-shrinkine-spacecivil-society-russia. 10. Tanya Lokshina, 'Russia Civil Society Deemed 'Undesirable,- Open Democracy, May 20, 2015, https://www.hrw.ore/ news/7015/05/20/ressian.rivil.sociev-deemed-undesir

his brought Poteyev under immediate suspicion. Tipped off by the CIA to the FBI's error, Poteyev managed to escape by taking a train from Mos- cow to Belarus, where the CIA exfiltrated him to the United States. Poteyev had been saved from prison—or worse—but he was no lon- ger useful to the CIA as a mole.

ose associates, pro- government activists, and representatives of both Amnesty Inter- national and Human Rights Watch. “It was totally bizarre,” said Tanya Lokshina, the deputy director of Human Rights Watch, who attended. “Although it was billed as a press conference,” she recalled, “there was no press or photog

out- come resembles the obviously rigged results in total- itarian or junta-like settings. Eurasian presidents such as Azerbaijan's Ilham Aliyev and Belarus's Alyaksandr Lukashenka have repeatedly won elections with over 80 percent of the vote, and others have easily broken the 90 percent barrier. The rul

l Society in Russia,” Human Rights Watch, February 24, 2017, https:/Awww.hrw.org/ news/2017/02/24/briefing-shrinking-space-civil-society-russia. 10. Tanya Lokshina, “Russia Civil Society Deemed ‘Undesirable,” Open Democracy, May 20, 2015, https://www.hrw.org/ news/2015/05/20/russian-civil-society-deemed-undesira