Davis Manafort Inc. provides business development and public affairs consulting services. The company is based in Alexandria, Virginia.
Rick Davis was John McCain's campaign manager in his 2000 campaign, which dirties up Manafort in my estimation.
Manafort stinks.
Bagster
Lesser Oracle
The article I posted above from the WaPo in 2008 contains the Davis/Manafort ties along with McCain/Deripaska meetings. Your estimation is probably correct.