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On march 28, 2013 a [[State Department]] email from Baxter Hunt to a number of officials including then-U.S. Foreign Service Officer John Tefft (who would go on to be U.S. Ambassador to Russia in 2014) and State Department Director for the Office of Eastern Europe Alexander Kasanof, Hunt writes:  

On march 28, 2013 a [[State Department]] email from Baxter Hunt to a number of officials including then-U.S. Foreign Service Officer John Tefft (who would go on to be U.S. Ambassador to Russia in 2014) and State Department Director for the Office of Eastern Europe Alexander Kasanof, Hunt writes:  

{{quotebox|See below, I also stressed to them the need for GOU [Government of Ukraine] to take concrete steps to get new SBA with IMF and avoid PFC/loss of GSP. Podesta Group is noted among host of Ukraine lobbyists in article I’ll forward in article on low side.<br>*Ben Chang and Mark Tavlarides of the Podesta Group, which is representing the Party of Regions, told us they were working with Klyuyev on a visit he plans to make to Washington in early May. They are working to broaden the POR’s contacts on the Hill, including setting up a meeting for Klyuyev with Chris Smith, and have advised Kyiv to stop trying to justify their actions against Tymoshenko in Washington. They also noted that during his recent meeting with former EC President Prodi, HFAC Chairman Ed Royce said that Congress would not be enacting sanctions legislation against Ukraine.<ref>http://www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/JW-v-State-Podesta-records-02489-1.pdf</ref>}} The Podesta Group was owned by and employed John and Tony Podesta in 2013. John Podesta was the [[2016 Hillary Clinton Presidential campaign]] manager. The Party of Regions is the Putin-controlled group, according to Special Counsel [[Robert Mueller]]'s 2017 indictment of [[Paul Manafort]]. Tymoshenko, who served several years in prison on corruption charges, including murder, was sprung from prison after the Obama-sponsored coup that overthrew the democratically elected regime and brought a [[nationalist]] and neo-fascist regime to power. The criminal code was revised by the new regime to exonerate Tymoshenko. Obama campaign consultants from 2008 managed Tymoshenko's 2010 election campaign for the presidency of the Ukraine.<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2009/11/obama-consultants-land-abroad-029410</ref>

{{quotebox|See below, I also stressed to them the need for GOU [Government of Ukraine] to take concrete steps to get new SBA with IMF and avoid PFC/loss of GSP. Podesta Group is noted among host of Ukraine lobbyists in article I’ll forward in article on low side.<br>*Ben Chang and Mark Tavlarides of the Podesta Group, which is representing the Party of Regions, told us they were working with Klyuyev on a visit he plans to make to Washington in early May. They are working to broaden the POR’s contacts on the Hill, including setting up a meeting for Klyuyev with Chris Smith, and have advised Kyiv to stop trying to justify their actions against Tymoshenko in Washington. They also noted that during his recent meeting with former EC President Prodi, HFAC Chairman Ed Royce said that Congress would not be enacting sanctions legislation against Ukraine.<ref>http://www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/JW-v-State-Podesta-records-02489-1.pdf</ref>}} The Podesta Group was owned by and employed John and Tony Podesta in 2013. John Podesta was the 2016 Hillary Clinton Presidential campaign manager. The Party of Regions is the Putin-controlled group, according to Special Counsel [[Robert Mueller]]'s 2017 indictment of [[Paul Manafort]]. Tymoshenko, who served several years in prison on corruption charges, including murder, was sprung from prison after the Obama-sponsored coup that overthrew the democratically elected regime and brought a [[nationalist]] and neo-fascist regime to power. The criminal code was revised by the new regime to exonerate Tymoshenko. Obama campaign consultants from 2008 managed Tymoshenko's 2010 election campaign for the presidency of the Ukraine.<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2009/11/obama-consultants-land-abroad-029410</ref>

Tony Podesta represented the [[Brussels]] based European Centre for Modern Ukraine (ECFMU), a front organization for former Ukrainian President [[Viktor Yanukovych]]. The ECFMU was founded to enhance [[EU]]-Ukrainian relations. The ECFMU is linked with the Ukrainian Party of Regions. Podesta was paid $900,000.<ref>Hosenball, Mark (December 20,2013). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-ukraine-lobbying/with-cash-ukraines-political-foes-bring-fight-to-washington-idUSBRE9BJ1B220131220 With cash, Ukraine's political foes bring fight to Washington]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved September 30, 2018.</ref>

Tony Podesta represented the [[Brussels]] based European Centre for Modern Ukraine (ECFMU), a front organization for former Ukrainian President [[Viktor Yanukovych]]. The ECFMU was founded to enhance [[EU]]-Ukrainian relations. The ECFMU is linked with the Ukrainian Party of Regions. Podesta was paid $900,000.<ref>Hosenball, Mark (December 20,2013). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-ukraine-lobbying/with-cash-ukraines-political-foes-bring-fight-to-washington-idUSBRE9BJ1B220131220 With cash, Ukraine's political foes bring fight to Washington]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved September 30, 2018.</ref>