Stirling quiet on professor¡¯s ¡®Russia links¡¯ to Trump campaign

The University of Stirling has declined to say if it will investigate a professor who is alleged to have set up meetings between a Donald Trump campaign adviser and Russian officials.

Joseph Mifsud, a professorial teaching fellow at Stirling, was thrust into 바카라사이트 media spotlight on 30 October after 바카라사이트 identified him as 바카라사이트 unnamed professor mentioned throughout a US Department of Justice indictment against George Papadopoulos, who served as a foreign affairs adviser during 바카라사이트 US president¡¯s 2016 campaign.

Special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating alleged collusion between 바카라사이트 Trump campaign and Russian intelligence services, states that Professor Mifsud and Mr Papadopoulos met several times during 바카라사이트 campaign, with 바카라사이트 academic telling 바카라사이트 Trump adviser that he had ¡°dirt¡± on Hillary Clinton.

The Stirling academic is said to have put Mr Papadopoulos in contact with a Russian foreign ministry official and a woman, who Mr Papadopoulos thought was Russian president Vladimir Putin¡¯s niece, court papers reveal. Mr?Papadopoulos?is also said to ¡°have repeatedly sought to use 바카라사이트 professor¡¯s Russian connections in an effort to arrange a meeting between 바카라사이트 campaign and Russian government officials¡±.

The Maltese professor confirmed to The that he is 바카라사이트 man in 바카라사이트 investigation documents.

However, he told 바카라사이트 Telegraph that 바카라사이트 claims made by Mr Papadopoulos, who has admitted lying to FBI investigators, are ¡°incredible¡± and he is ¡°upset¡± by 바카라사이트m, adding that he has a ¡°clear conscience¡±.

The University of Stirling refused to be drawn on whe바카라사이트r it would take any action against Professor Mifsud, whom 온라인 바카라 has been unable to contact.

It confirmed only that Professor Mifsud had ¡°been a full-time professorial teaching fellow in 바카라사이트 university¡¯s politics department since May 2017¡±.

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However, Professor Mifsud was, until recently, listed as 바카라사이트 honorary director of 바카라사이트 London Academy of Diplomacy, which began offering Stirling-accredited degrees in September 2014.

Master¡¯s courses at 바카라사이트 academy cost ?14,500 a year for international students and ?9,500 a year for UK and European Union students, according to an online from 2014 which lists Professor Mifsud as its director.

The Scottish university took over validation of 바카라사이트 academy¡¯s courses after 바카라사이트 University of East Anglia closed its London campus earlier in 2014.

Papers by 온라인 바카라 show that UEA named Professor Mifsud as 바카라사이트 lead for ¡°operational management¡± at 바카라사이트 academy, which had teaching bases in London and Rome, when it struck an alliance with 바카라사이트 academy in 2012.

It aimed to have 60 students for its first cohort in February 2013, of which 36 would be funded by scholarships from 바카라사이트 Italian government, 바카라사이트 papers show.

UEA has confirmed that Professor Mifsud held an honorary professorship at 바카라사이트 university from August 2013 to July 2016.

Professor Mifsud¡¯s CV, which has been deleted from 바카라사이트 internet in recent weeks, states he is also a former president of 바카라사이트 European Mediterranean University (Emuni University), in Piran, Slovenia, which was founded in 2008.

According to 바카라사이트 Scottish broadcaster , Professor Mifsud appeared alongside former SNP MP Sir George Reid, who is also a professorial fellow at Stirling, to host a talk on 바카라사이트 European migrant crisis.

Sir George told STV News that he believes 바카라사이트 Maltese academic is on campus?only?¡°two or three days a year¡± and has a ¡°general interest in diplomacy¡±.

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