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Something else we learned this week: Paul Manafort spent the mid-2000s working to get the U.S. military kicked out of Central Asia. thinkprogress.org/manafort-tried…
cc @AdamWeinstein
Manafort and Kilimnik* went to Kyrgyzstan on behalf of Oleg Deripaska*, working "to strengthen Russia's position," and pushing to evict the U.S. from its last military base in the region. thinkprogress.org/manafort-tried…

*Both highlighted specifically in recent Robert Mueller filings.
Simultaneously (as @AdamWeinstein has covered in depth) Manafort was rumored to be advising those behind anti-NATO protests in Crimea, and pitching plans to "undercut anti-Russian figures" in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. thinkprogress.org/manafort-tried…
Manafort-in-Kyrgyzstan also might help explain another nugget:

Why did Bob Dole take a board position at a Kyrgyz bank notorious for its money laundering? thinkprogress.org/manafort-tried…
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Former Kyrgyz officials denying they ever met with Manafort/Kilimnik: rferl.org/a/report-claim…
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