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Putin’s financial ‘Consigliere’ (the sanctioned Russian Direct Investment Fund headed by Kirill Dmitriev) is trying to make Elon Musk’s dream come true - RDIF invested in Hyperloop, now US officials & lawmakers are taking a look at the deal, by @ErinBanco
thedailybeast.com/putins-financi…
The RDIF, whose CEO Kirill Dmitriev met Erik Prince in the Seychelles in Jan '17, invested in the fund twice, once in 2016 as Russia was interfering in the election and in October 2017 with the Chinese Investment Corporation, China’s sovereign wealth fund
thedailybeast.com/putins-financi…
RDIF's investment in Hyperloop company appears to be one of its only investments in a US business since 2014 sanctions - while it is legal the amount invested is unknown and gives the Kremlin access to US technology that could benefit Russia before the US
thedailybeast.com/putins-financi…
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"The research team had a huge responsibility in organizing campaigns and polling voters in 17 states across the country."
ca-political.com/casestudies
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Manafort may have shared US campaign polling data w/Kilimnik

Manafort filing is not properly redacted & one section mentions:

"the Government’s allegation that Mr. Manafort lied about sharing polling data with Mr. Kilimnik related to the 2016 presidential campaign."
Kilimnik not only worked with Manafort, he also formed a company in 2015 with Sam Patten, who was a contractor for Cambridge Analytica

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Another redacted section of the filing notes "Manafort “conceded” that he discussed or may have discussed a Ukraine peace plan with Mr. Kilimnik on more than one occasion"
assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5677…
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BREAKING: Six days after Trump advisor Erik Prince met Kirill Dmitriev—head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund—in a meeting Prince said had nothing to do with Trump, Dmitriev met with Trump advisor Anthony Scaramucci. So was that unrelated to Trump too? bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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