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"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the FARA"
New Thread: #FunWithoutFARA, Sberbank edition.
A wise 🦉 suggested I take a look at Sberbank.
Wanna see what I found?
(and remember, y'all, I'm not a lawyer/FARA expert-just a concerned citizen journalist) theatlantic.com/business/archi…
Podesta Group & The Madison Group registered as lobbyists for Sberbank CIB USA on March 25, 2016.
SGR LLC reg 1/13/17
Venable LLP reg 12/8/17
Links for Registration docs: soprweb.senate.gov/index.cfm?even…
soprweb.senate.gov/index.cfm?even…
soprweb.senate.gov/index.cfm?even…
soprweb.senate.gov/index.cfm?even…
Podesta Group, Venable, Madison Group, and SGR have NEVER filed Foreign Agents Registration Act papers for Sberbank.
And that may be a problem. Here's why:
"Sberbank CIB USA, Inc. = subsidiary of CJSC "Sberbank CIB" = subsidiary of Sberbank of Russia OJSC
Russia's Central Bank owns 50% plus 1 voting share of Sberbank.
Here's why that matters: twitter.com/i/moments/9540…
It's interesting to note that the people lobbying for the other state-owned bank, VTB Bank (mentioned in article in the first tweet in the thread), DID file FARA papers.
So- should Podesta Group, Venable, Madison Group, and SGR have filed FARA papers, too?
Betcha Mueller and the Owls of Justice at SDNY know the answer.
Betcha we'll find out the answer soon, too 😈.
This is by no means the last we'll hear of Sberbank.
They are all up in banking/laundering money for the Russian Mob.
Ever heard of Vimpelcom, rebranded VEON?
reuters.com/article/russia…
More on Vimpelcom here. Hi Bob Mercer! Hi Alpha!
Still more on Vimpelcom, I would totally lend them over a billion dollars, wouldn't you? 🤑🤡🤪 
Sberbank sold off their Turkish money laundry machine, Denizbank, a few months ago:
Why? Sberbank is bleeding money. Sanctions are crushing them. Shouldn't have invaded Ukraine, you guys!
Boop! Another mobligarch owes money to Sberbank!
@LincolnsBible's cupcake, Oleg Deripaska.
Sberbank and VTB had a starring role in a 2016 privatization/share placement of 11% of Alrosa, Russia's diamond mining company.
(Friendly reminder that D-I-R-T-Y blood diamonds are often trust washed as "fair trade" so if you must buy sparklies, buy used)
Sberbank also features in an interesting meeting a certain Mr. Jared Kushner had.
Why? Because Sergey Gorkov used to be deputy chairman of Sberbank.
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/k…
Sberbank = a client of Mark Kasowitz, Donald Trump's LOLyer.
swampity swampity swamp.

theguardian.com/us-news/2017/j…
speaking of lawyers and Sberbank, the wise 🦉 told me to take a look at a particular Sberbanker.
Vladislav Koloskov, Deputy Director of Legal Department, Sberbank Russia
And what I found is quite intriguing.
cc: @911CORLEBRA777
Take a gander: rbth.com/business_calen…
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