Manafort admitted that he received money from the Party of regions

Manafort received the money for the work for the ex-President of Ukraine Yanukovych, it was clear from the documents that American submitted to the U.S. Department of justice.

The former head of the campaign headquarters of U.S. President Donald trump by Paul Manafort in 2012-2013 received $ 17 million from the Party of regions, as informs Bi-bi-si. His firm was paid for work on behalf of the party , in particular its electoral program.

That Manafort received the money for the work for the Party of regions of former President Viktor Yanukovych, it became clear from the documents that American filed in the U.S. justice Department in the framework of the law on registration of foreign agents. See also SAP has not found evidence of the involvement of Manafort to “black accounting” PR Consulting firm the former head of the electoral headquarters of the trump had to register as a foreign agent because of work on the Ukrainian party.

According to the Act on the registration of foreign agents (FARA), citizens and legal persons in the United States are required to register as foreign agents if you are working in the interests of foreign governments. Failure to register can be prosecuted under criminal law. The completed form which was submitted to the Ministry of justice Manafort, it follows that in 2012-2013, his firm, for example, wrote the election program for the Party of regions, implement the campaign strategy, develop party platform and conducted an international election observation.

It is noted that the transaction, the company entered into with the acting President of the Party of regions Volodymyr Rybak – 2012-2014 Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. In the questionnaire submitted to the Ministry of justice, the aim of the company of Manafort on the Party of regions in 2013-2014 called “decentralization of power with the maximum transmission powers to the regions, the construction of the political party of the Western sample and the transformation of Ukraine’s most attractive investment country in the region”. The company has received from the Ukrainian party $ 17 million.

For consultants, the work of polling agencies and other services the firm of Manafort spent more than $ 4 million, including the road and travel 2.1 million dollars.

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