Russian state TV airs Rudy Giuliani interview after Trump lawyer spreads Ukraine conspiracy theories

Source: UK Independent | December 17, 2019 | Conrad Duncan

Pro-Putin network supports anti-Biden investigation by right-wing news channel

Russian state-run TV has aired Rudy Giuliani’s interview with a pro-Trump US news channel in which he promoted widely-debunked conspiracy theories to undermine the impeachment inquiry into the president.

Donald Trump’s personal lawyer appeared on the right-wing channel One America News (OAN) on Sunday to share what he claimed was evidence of interference by Ukraine in the 2016 election and corruption by Joe Biden and his son Hunter.

On Monday, segments from the interview were broadcast on Russia-1, a TV channel owned by the Russian government which has been accused of bias towards Vladimir Putin.

Fiona Hill, a senior National Security Council official, testified in November that the conspiracy theory that Ukraine, not Russia, interfered in the 2016 election was a “fictional narrative” spread by Russian security services.

In November, Ukraine’s current prosecutor general, Ruslan Ryaboshapka, said he had no knowledge of wrongdoing by Hunter Biden.

Security experts have warned conspiracy theories spread by Mr Giuliani and Mr Trump have helped Russia by damaging America’s relationship with Ukraine.

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