Ex-Republican Party head Barbour to lobby U.S. for Ukraine
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS | Fri Jan 6, 2017 | 1:34pm EST
Ex-Republican Party head Barbour to lobby U.S. for Ukraine
By Mike Stone and Ginger Gibson | WASHINGTON
Haley Barbour, former Republican Party leader and Mississippi governor, has been hired by the Ukrainian government to lobby U.S. politicians, according to documents filed this week.
The hiring of Barbour and his lobbying firm BGR Group comes at a time when U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's public embrace of Russian President Vladimir Putin has increased worries in Washington that the new administration may side with Russia in the Ukrainian dispute.
Russia has increased its military presence in Ukraine since annexing the Crimean peninsula in 2014.
Barbour and BGR agreed in late December to a $50,000 a month retainer to "design and implement a comprehensive government affairs and business development strategy" for the Ukraine government - including "arranging meetings" with U.S. officials, according to a disclosure filed Jan. 1 with the Department of Justice.
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