Both Republicans and Democrats have been recipients of generous sums from Presidents Leonid Kuchma and Viktor Yanukovych as well as Ukrainian oligarchs seeking to ingratiate themselves with American public opinion. Some information can be found in cases where US consultants were registered with the US department of justice’s FARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act), while in other cases further investigations are required.
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Taras Kuzio: Lawyers and guns – dirty Ukrainian money in the US
(Archive photo) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) shakes hands with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (R) during a bilateral meeting as they attend the 48th Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich, southern Germany, on February 4, 2012.
While the western media has been recently full of reports and analyses of Paul Manafort (now former manager of Donald Trump's US presidential campaign) and his ties to former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian intelligence, the deeper links between Ukrainian oligarchs and Washington are only beginning to see the light of day. A report in the New York Times about ties between the Clintons and international funding, including from Ukrainian oligarchs, was merely the tip of the iceberg.
