Trump was convinced to sell lethal weapons to Ukraine thanks in part to a savvy charm offensive from Kiev—but the deal may be more bark than bite, by @NatashaBertrand theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
The Ukrainian government hired Haley Barbour, former RNC chairman and founding partner of BGR Group, to lobby in the US after Trump was elected - Barbour/BGR were also lobbyists for Mikhail Fridman's Alfa Bank for 10 years @NatashaBertrand theatlantic.com/politics/archi… 
I wrote more in article below, co-written with @J_amesp, about Haley Barbour and his work with Alfa Bank, and how his successor as governor of Mississippi, Phil Bryant, was the one who introduced Nigel Farage to Trump
As @NatashaBertrand noted in story 👆🏼Barbour worked with Corey Lewandowski - Barbour had been an advisor & Lewandowksi a lobbyist for Imperial Pacific Int'l which built a casino in Saipan - which was raided by US agents in Mar '18
Haley Barbour connects to another story by @NatashaBertrand - about Sam Patten who worked for Cambridge Analytica, and in a scoop by @imthemadridista - Sam Patten set up a company with Manafort's business partner and ex-GRU agent Konstantin Kilimnik
Haley Barbour, whose firm BGR was lobbyist for Russia's Alfa Bank for 10 yrs also worked with Sam Patten (Cambridge Analytica contractor & Konstantin Kilimnick biz partner) - Patten worked w/BGR to lobby for Georgian businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili in 2012
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