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A Tale of Three Men- now a TALE OF TWO?
(Article on NoName’s Russian collusion as a Senator and presidential candidate Russian oligarch Oleg Derepaska.
John McCain, Rick Davis, and Oleg Deripaska
May 11, 2008 9:14pm PDT by Setrak,
A tale of three men. One of these men had their visa revoked and is being sued in the U.S. and the U.K.
Recently, John McCain and the Republican Party have been forced to remove a second aide over their connections to DCI, which has assisted the Burmese military junta.
The second McCain aide in as many days has left the campaign over ties to a public relations firm that once represented the Burmese junta.
Doug Davenport, one of McCain's 11 regional campaign managers, quit his post today, a McCain spokeswoman said in response to an inquiry.
Davenport's region covers West Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia. That fifth state, that Obama and Warner and some other down-ticket Dems will be willing in. This diary, however, isn't about these two aides. It isn't about the general stink of McCain's top aides. It's about John McCain, Rick Davis, and a guy named "Oleg Deripaska." A name that will be heard many more times to come before November.
Marc Ambinder noticed the irony earlier today, and I quote;
Goodyear and Davenport were recruited by McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis, who has been accused by some current and former McCain advisers of take insufficient care of McCain's reformer brand by appointing lobbyists to key positions. Ironically, as Newsweek reported, Goodyear was asked to become convention CEO after Davis's lobbying firm partner, Paul Manafort, was nixed because of his own close ties to foreign governments and controversial companies.
The International Herald Tribune had a great article detailing some of the work Manafort has done. Anyone who remembers the Orange Revolution would remember who Manafort is representing. Yet the ties between McCain's associates and anti-Western figures do not stop there. Indeed, in 2006, John McCain himself was introduced to a Russian by the name of Oleg Deripaska.
Deripaska is filthy rich(billions..) and widely thought to have had links to organized crime. He's also infamous for shady business practices which are "legal" in Russia. Much like Yanukovych, another figure connected to Paul Manafort and Rick Davis. The two are also similar in their loyalty to Vladimir Putin of Russia. Yet unlike Yanukovych, Deripaska was given the honor of meeting Senator McCain. Despite having a revoked visa, despite having pending lawsuits both here in the U.S. and the U.K., he met with a United States Senator.
Deripaska is not someone to brush aside as "a low ally of Putin's." He's on track to becoming the richest man in the world.The title of the Washington Post article that broke the story was "Aide Helped Controversial Russian Meet McCain." The aide is, of course, Rick Davis. Oleg Deripaska is described as being "so controversial that the U.S. government revoked his visa." That takes a lot of controversy!
Rick Davis, who is now McCain's campaign manager, helped set up the encounter between McCain and Russian aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska in Switzerland during an international economic conference. At the time, Davis was working for a lobbying firm and seeking to do business with the billionaire.
I wonder what business exactly has taken place since then and now between Davis/Deripaska. Don't you? Is it involving the Ukraine and Putin's allies there? You know, the ones that Manafort was working for. The name "Oleg Deripaska" is going to be known during this election season. Trust me on that.
There is no evidence that McCain did anything for Deripaska after they met at a social gathering over drinks and dinner. Deripaska was grateful for the introduction, writing a thank-you note to Davis and his partner and offering to assist them in a subsequent business deal, according to a copy of the note obtained by The Washington Post.
Yes, I am still wondering about those business deals between Davis and Deripaska. The Washington Post article details some more about the letter and the first meeting. Yes, the first meeting.
Later that month, Deripaska wrote to Davis and his partner, GOP political consultant Paul J. Manafort, to thank them for arranging the meeting.
The letter went on to mention a business deal that Deripaska and the consultants had apparently been talking about. "Please will you send me the information on the metals trading company we discussed and would be happy to see if I can do anything to help," Deripaska wrote.
Deripaska sounds fairly grateful, doesn't he? Maybe he's only grateful because he's such a nice guy, right? Is anyone else still curious about these deals between Davis and Deripaska? I know I am, I'm hoping more reporters are…
https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2008/5/11/513922/-