The Russia/Trump collusion story may go a week or two on the back burner, but it always seems to flare up eventually once the latest centipede’s shoe drops. This one’s a doozy.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/25/michael-flynn-turkey-russia-237550
The Turkish man who gave Mike Flynn a $600,000 lobbying deal just before President Donald Trump picked him to be national security adviser has business ties to Russia, including a 2009 aviation financing deal negotiated with Vladimir Putin, according to court records.
The man, Ekim Alptekin, has in recent years helped to coordinate Turkish lobbying in Washington with Dmitri “David” Zaikin, a Soviet-born former executive in Russian energy and mining companies who also has had dealings with Putin’s government, according to three people with direct knowledge of the activities.
This unusual arrangement, in which Alptekin and Zaikin have helped steer Turkish lobbying through various groups since at least 2015, raises questions about both the agenda of the two men and the source of the funds used to pay the lobbyists.
So the person who paid Flynn for his lobbying efforts has extensive ties to Russia. Nope, nothing to see here folks!