Elena Branson, a Putin agent, used to hang around Kauai. She friended a stupid nutcase councilwoman and arranged a trip for her to Moscow. This was about 3 years ago. When I heard Councilwoman Nutcase talking about her Russian buddy, I wondered why the hell Russia was interested in her.
Yesterday DOJ announced charges against Elena Branson for acting as an illegal Russian agent in the United States, "in which she lobbied a Kaua‘i County councilmember...." Every major newspaper has articles about Branson's dealings in the US. Our local newspaper focused on her time on Kauai.
In 2018, the complaint states Branson emailed “Councilmember-1,” representing herself as the chair of the Russian Community Council of the USA, stating the concern to renaming “Russian Fort Elizabeth” to “Pa‘ula‘ula.”
The DOJ complaint alleges this email began back and forths between Kaua‘i County Councilmember Felicia Cowden and Branson, and Branson and Russian diplomats over the course of the next six months, including Branson’s organization of a trip to Russia for a group of Hawaiians in 2019.
https://www.thegardenisland.com/2022/03 ... legations/