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NEW from me: In June 2014, the Mercers & Bannon formed Cambridge Analytica and launched a ‘research project' in Russia — the same month that Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency launched their campaign to interfere in the 2016 US election.
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Jun 2014: Dr. Kogan of Mercer & Bannon's Cambridge Analytica, whose parent company SCL had just received $15M from Mercer, launched a ‘research project’ at Russia’s St. Petersburg University – 15 minutes from Internet Research Agency's new office.
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JUL 2014: CEO of Mercer & Bannon’s Cambridge Analytica gave a presentation on how to target US voters to the head of Russian oil giant Lukoil, Vagit Alekperov, who has close ties to Trump’s friend, Aras Agalarov.
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JUN 2014:
-Mercer invests $15M in SCL's election division, which then forms a US shell company owned entirely by Mercer
-Internet Research Agency, formerly a corporate entity, begins operating through Russian shell companies

SEP 2014: IRA receives budget of $1.25M/month
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