![]() Starting in 2004, the Republican campaign strategist turned lobbyist for various global kleptocrats was hired by Russian oligarchs to guide the campaign of the Russophilic Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych. Paul Manafort is the first major American to join in this effort. ![]() Oligarchs like Oleg Deripaska and Dmytro Firtash, who owe their fortunes to Putin’s blessing, have made money off Ukrainian corruption and cultivated friendly politicians there to maintain it. From Russia’s end, its agenda can be traced through the work of its oligarchs, who are tasked with financing certain kinds of political work on behalf of Putin. ![]() Trump formed a political alliance with Vladimir Putin, and exploited it in both his election and reelection campaigns.įor the better part of a decade, a faction of Republicans has been operating in Ukraine in tandem with Russians and their allies, for mutual profit, both financial and political. But when historians look back at the case, they will probably see the affair not as a separate incident but a continuation. ![]() President Trump’s impeachment over extorting Ukraine for domestic political gain has played out in the headlines as a setpiece episode of his presidency, the sequel to the Russia investigation. Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images ![]()
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