[Krosan]

There is this news that Manafort owed some Russian oligrach/mobster $17 millions. I suspect it is related to this.

[ETL]

There is this news that Manafort owed some Russian oligrach/mobster $17 millions. I suspect it is related to this.

Mobster: quite possibly former KGB/FSB, current comrade/associate of Putin.

Manafort did in fact have some disturbing ties to Russia, having worked for Putin's puppet in the Ukraine (Viktor Yanukovych).

Viktor Yanukovych's opponent was pro-US Viktor Yushchenko.

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From 2014

Yushchenko, hero of Ukraine's Orange Revolution warns Europe that Putin won't stop at Crimea

by Matthew Schofield - McClatchy Foreign Staff
March 27, 2014

Many Ukrainians believe you need look no further than the face of Viktor Yushchenko to understand Russia's aggression against Ukraine.

Once smooth and ruggedly handsome, it still bears the scars from an assassination attempt when someone slipped dioxin into Yushchenko's food. ..."

Read more here:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/world/article24765781.html#storylink=cpy
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