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Sondland invovled in effort to shake up leadership at Ukraine's state energy co Naftogaz in mtgs w/Zelensky, Perry, Volker & raised alarms among Ukrainian officials as Giuliani assocs Parnas & Fruman pushed at same time for removal of Naftogaz CEO
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Firtash profits from an extraordinary arrangement that no Ukrainian government has changed, despite appeals from Naftogaz and Western officials - a govt decree allows Firtash to buy gas at a cheap discount and sell it through intermediaries for big profits
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Last week MD AG @BrianFrosh sued Westminster Management, owned by Kushner Companies, & 25 other companies for unfair or deceptive rental practices while running rodent-infested apartments in and around Baltimore & “hundreds of thousands of violations” of consumer protection laws
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#Parnas went to Warsaw, ck dates
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Amb. Sondland backed a Trump admin. effort to change the leadership at Ukraine’s main energy company, despite objections from career diplomats who saw the move as undermining anti-corruption efforts, three sources familiar with the matter tells @NBCNews. nbcnews.to/2MRqfqV
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