BIG: Russian ex-spy pressured Manafort over debts to oligarch Deripaska. This important report from @shustry is a chilling reminder of the dark world of Russian espionage, diplomacy and arms trade at the heart of the Trump-Russia scandal. Our world now. bit.ly/2LGSqb1?utm_so…
"He owed us a lot of money. And he was offering ways to pay it back"—Viktor Boyarkin on #Manafort. Yet another Russian spy with leverage over the Trump campaign. This corroborates earlier reports of "private briefings" to Putin pal Deripaska…who was just gifted sanctions relief. 
Boyarkin did more than collect Deripaska's debts. He worked w/ Manafort since 2006—"the year Deripaska asked both of them to help redraw the map of Eastern Europe." 😱Manafort has consistently worked for Putin/Russia's interests & against US interests. In 2016, on Trump campaign.
Maybe most intriguing in @shustry report on Manafort: His steady work for Kremlin men may have included a role in the failed Russia-backed coup in Montenegro. While still advising the Trump campaign. Collusion in 2016 is a spec of what these criminals have done around the world.
