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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIn addition to Parnas and Fruman's arrests, a 3rd defendant, Andrey Kukushkin, has been arrested
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In addition to Parnas and Fruman's arrests at Dulles, a third defendant, Andrey Kukushkin, has been arrested and is expected to appear in court Thurs in the Northern District of California. The fourth defendant, David Correia, hasn't been arrested. https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/10/politics/guliani-client-arrested-campaign-finance/index.html
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In addition to Parnas and Fruman's arrests, a 3rd defendant, Andrey Kukushkin, has been arrested (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Oct 2019
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Mike 03
(16,616 posts)1. Chebysheb Laboratory, Russia?
Nothing at link but photo (if it's the same guy). https://chebyshev.spbu.ru/en/people/kukushkin-andrej-andreevich/
EDIT: Not sure about this. This appears to be a fairly common name.
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)2. They tried to hide "Russian roots"
Part of the alleged scheme revolved around an effort to curry favor with politicians who could help them win licenses for a retail marijuana business they hoped to establish. The business venture and the ensuing lobbying effort was largely funded by a Russian national, running afoul of campaign finance violations that prohibit political donations from foreigners, the indictment states.
The Russian is not named but identified in court documents as a businessman. At one point, Kukushkin is quoted in the indictment discussing ways to hide the funder's "Russian roots" because of the "current political paranoia about it."
Parnas and Fruman, as well as the two other defendants, are said to have drafted a chart that outlined a "multi-state license strategy," planning for $1 to $2 million dollars in political donations to federal and state committees that were backed by the Russian national.
The foreign national eventually made wire transfers totaling $1 million to Fruman and another unnamed individual last year, and the defendants used those funds to make donations to a number of political candidates in Nevada that they thought could help further their plans for the marijuana business, the indictment says.
The marijuana business never actually came to fruition, according to the indictment.
The Russian is not named but identified in court documents as a businessman. At one point, Kukushkin is quoted in the indictment discussing ways to hide the funder's "Russian roots" because of the "current political paranoia about it."
Parnas and Fruman, as well as the two other defendants, are said to have drafted a chart that outlined a "multi-state license strategy," planning for $1 to $2 million dollars in political donations to federal and state committees that were backed by the Russian national.
The foreign national eventually made wire transfers totaling $1 million to Fruman and another unnamed individual last year, and the defendants used those funds to make donations to a number of political candidates in Nevada that they thought could help further their plans for the marijuana business, the indictment says.
The marijuana business never actually came to fruition, according to the indictment.