Investig'rs examine many pro-Putin Ukraine'rs at the INAUG/BALLS & WHO MET TOP REPS.

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And of course when they came to town, they stayed at TRUMP INTL in DC down from the WH and Capitol where they talked sanctions and the thorny military standoff. I doubt they were talking with Bermuda.

Prosecutors Examining Ukrainians Who Flocked to Trump Inaugural


By Kenneth P. Vogel, Scott Shane, Mark Mazzetti and Iuliia Mendel

• Jan. 10, 2019

WASHINGTON — Hours after he was sworn in as America’s 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...

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