Moscow demands U.S. explain charges against Russian Trump Tower lawyer
Natalia Veselnitskaya, who represented Russian defendants in a money laundering case settled in 2017, has been charged with obstructing justice in that case for submitting a declaration that she falsely represented came from the Russian government independently, U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Speaking at a weekly news conference, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said it had become a habit in the United States to open criminal against Russians based on vague claims. (Reporting by Andrew Osborn; writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
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