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Gates said that their shell companies in Cyprus had transferred money between themselves in payments disguised as loans.
Manafort crafted a policy for Yanukovych aimed at bringing Ukraine into the European Union called “Engage Ukraine”.
Manafort recruited top former European politicians to help out with that effort.
Manafort’s income fell precipitously after Yanukovych stepped down in 2014.
Manafort then had trouble paying his bills.
Manafort then worked briefly advising Ukraine’s current president, Petro Poroshenko. ...
“Engage Ukraine became the strategy for helping Ukraine enter the European Union,” he told prosecutors Tuesday.
