Oct. 5, 2019
"Sweeney filed paperwork w/ the DOJ saying he's acting as a foreign agent, w/ a lobbying contract to rep Vnesheconombank State Development Corp, a Ru state-owned development bank w/ leaders appointed by the Kremlin."
dailygazette.com/article/2019/1…
Vnesheconombank is the largest development bank in Russia. It's headed by Igor Shuvalov, an appointee of Putin and former first deputy PM in Putin's cabinet.
efile.fara.gov/ords/f?p=1381:…
Igor Shuvalov, Russia’s deputy prime minister, is supposed to have the cleanest hands in the Kremlin. So where’d he get a quarter of a billion dollars?
foreignpolicy.com/2014/10/29/the…
"Sweeney, one of a host of former members of Congress who now lobby, is being paid $62,500 a month for his services..."
"He was co-chairman of Trump's NY primary campaign in 2016, helped with the vetting of political appointments after the general election and remains supportive of Trump."