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Prosecutors Examining Ukrainians Who Flocked to Trump Inaugural
WASHINGTON Hours after he was sworn in as Americas 45th president, Donald J. Trump and his wife, Melania, swayed together to a rendition of the Frank Sinatra classic My Way, as hundreds of their wealthiest and most influential supporters held aloft smartphones to capture the Trumps first dance following the inauguration.
Serhiy Kivalov, a Ukrainian lawmaker known for pro-Russian initiatives, took photos of the dance, as well as of his coveted tickets and passes to the soiree where it took place, the Liberty Ball at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, posting them on Facebook and declaring that it was an honor to attend.
He was one of at least a dozen Ukrainian political and business figures who made their way to Washington for the inauguration, several of whom attended the Liberty Ball. Most had more on their dance cards than just parties.
They attended meetings and orchestrated encounters at Trump International Hotel with influential Republican members of Congress and close allies of President Trump. Representing a range of views, including a contingent seen as sympathetic to Moscow, they positioned themselves as brokers who could help solve one of the thorniest foreign policy problems facing the new administration the ugly military stalemate between Russia and Ukraine and the tough sanctions imposed on Moscow following its seizure of Crimea.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/us/politics/ukraine-donald-trump-inauguration.html
Serhiy Kivalov, a Ukrainian lawmaker known for pro-Russian initiatives, took photos of the dance, as well as of his coveted tickets and passes to the soiree where it took place, the Liberty Ball at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, posting them on Facebook and declaring that it was an honor to attend.
He was one of at least a dozen Ukrainian political and business figures who made their way to Washington for the inauguration, several of whom attended the Liberty Ball. Most had more on their dance cards than just parties.
They attended meetings and orchestrated encounters at Trump International Hotel with influential Republican members of Congress and close allies of President Trump. Representing a range of views, including a contingent seen as sympathetic to Moscow, they positioned themselves as brokers who could help solve one of the thorniest foreign policy problems facing the new administration the ugly military stalemate between Russia and Ukraine and the tough sanctions imposed on Moscow following its seizure of Crimea.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/us/politics/ukraine-donald-trump-inauguration.html
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Prosecutors Examining Ukrainians Who Flocked to Trump Inaugural (Original Post)
demmiblue
Jan 2019
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empedocles
(15,751 posts)1. So many ducks all lined up and identified in a row,
[and the ducks various relationships analyzed?].
[I just don't see the Mueller Report coming out soon].
SunSeeker
(51,512 posts)2. K & R
keithbvadu2
(36,655 posts)3. "It turns out that United Russia won the elections in America," Viktor Nazarov, the governor of Omsk
Trump supporters celebrated their victory.
"It turns out that United Russia won the elections in America," Viktor Nazarov, the governor of Omsk, Russia, declared in a radio interview.
http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/news/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/news/world/make-russia-great-again-if-trump-lifts-sanctions-putin-could-finally-establish-his-country-as-an-equal-to-u-s&pubdate=2016-12-03