"Russiagate" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Russia + -gate. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Russia|gate}} Russia + -gate Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Russiagate
  1. A late 1990s scandal in which billions of dollars were laundered out of Russia by the bureaucracy of president Boris Yeltsin with the assistance of Western banks such as the Bank of New York.
    Sense id: en-Russiagate-en-name-nlzdQwbF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -gate, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -gate: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49
  2. (US politics, informal) The controversy and Russia investigation that ensued after the 2016 US presidential election regarding the discovery of myriad secretive links between Trump associates and Russian officials. Tags: US, informal Categories (topical): US politics
    Sense id: en-Russiagate-en-name-7U2N8Nk- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -gate, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -gate: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Russiagater
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