Excerpt:
Monday
evening brought a new twist. It was discovered that one of Mitch
McConnell’s major donors, Len Blavatnik, who is tied to Vladimir Putin
and other Russian oligarchs, benefited when Trump and McConnell lifted
Russian sanctions on Sunday.
Blavatnik
contributed a total of $3.5 million to a PAC associated with Senate
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. Blavatnik contributed $1.5
million to the GOP Senate Leadership Fund PAC in the name of Access
Industries and another $1 million in the name of AI-Altep Holdings
during the 2015/2016 election season. And as of September 2017, he had
contributed another $1 million this year through AI–Altep.
Blavatnik, whose family emigrated to the U.S. in the late 1970s, is a longtime business associate of Russian oligarchs Oleg Deripaska and Viktor Vekselberg, both of whom have ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Along with McConnell, Republican Senators Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham received hefty sums from Blavatnik as well.
Blavatnik, whose family emigrated to the U.S. in the late 1970s, is a longtime business associate of Russian oligarchs Oleg Deripaska and Viktor Vekselberg, both of whom have ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Along with McConnell, Republican Senators Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham received hefty sums from Blavatnik as well.
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