In the mid-2000s Davis connected with Deripaska. At the time, the Davis-Manafort firm was advising with pro-Russian political figures in Ukraine and also doing work in [[Montenegro]], another former Soviet satellite that Putin was trying to influence. | In the mid-2000s Davis connected with Deripaska. At the time, the Davis-Manafort firm was advising with pro-Russian political figures in Ukraine and also doing work in [[Montenegro]], another former Soviet satellite that Putin was trying to influence. |