Sen. John McCain: Cisco's behavior in Russia 'deserves further investigation:
A report published by Cisco rubbed BuzzFeed involving economic
sanctions against Russia for the sale of its technical team, which
caught the attention of Sen. John McCain.
McCain (R-AZ) chairs the Senate Armed Services and pushed for more action from the United States against Russia in response to its participation in Ukraine and its annexation of Crimea.
BuzzFeed report, based on documents and view an anonymous source said that Moscow is aware of the operations of Cisco, Cisco accused of changing sales records and book deals with a false name to the client after sanctions began. In one case, Cisco has sold material that wound through the hands of the FSB, the successor to the KGB, but the records do not indicate FSB was the prospective purchaser.
Although Cisco has admitted that some customer names have changed, he said that these errors were innocent and vehemently denied all charges of its sales violated sanctions.
McCain called the situation "worrying" and said he "deserves further investigation," BuzzFeed said in a follow-up article.
Interestingly, the outgoing chief executive of Cisco, John Chambers, also a Republican, McCain knows well. Chambers was a supporter top of the 2008 presidential candidacy of McCain, donating more than 1.3 million.
McCain (R-AZ) chairs the Senate Armed Services and pushed for more action from the United States against Russia in response to its participation in Ukraine and its annexation of Crimea.
BuzzFeed report, based on documents and view an anonymous source said that Moscow is aware of the operations of Cisco, Cisco accused of changing sales records and book deals with a false name to the client after sanctions began. In one case, Cisco has sold material that wound through the hands of the FSB, the successor to the KGB, but the records do not indicate FSB was the prospective purchaser.
Although Cisco has admitted that some customer names have changed, he said that these errors were innocent and vehemently denied all charges of its sales violated sanctions.
McCain called the situation "worrying" and said he "deserves further investigation," BuzzFeed said in a follow-up article.
Interestingly, the outgoing chief executive of Cisco, John Chambers, also a Republican, McCain knows well. Chambers was a supporter top of the 2008 presidential candidacy of McCain, donating more than 1.3 million.
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