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Sat Mar 18, 2017, 07:29 PM Mar 2017

Flynn took money from multiple Russian firms

BY MEGAN R. WILSON at the Hill

http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/324322-flynn-worked-for-multiple-russian-firms

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Flynn spoke at a gala hosted by RT in December 2015, an event he acknowledged during last year’s campaign. But he refused to say how much he was paid, citing an unwillingness to have his speaking fees publicized.

The documents reveal the retired Army lieutenant general received more than $45,000 for participating in he event. His speakers bureau, Leading Authorities, took a $11,250 cut. The event occurred in Russia, and his travel and accommodations were covered.

At the time, he was working on a volunteer basis as a military adviser on Trump’s presidential campaign.

The new documents obtained by the committee also detail that Flynn received $11,250 from Volga-Dnepr Airlines in August 2015, a Russian airfreight company that the United Nations had suspended from its list of approved vendors after a corruption scandal involving an indicted Russian United Nations official.

Flynn received an additional $11,250 payment in October 2015 from the subsidiary of a Russian company specializing in “uncovering Western government spyware,” Kaspersky Lab. Its founder, Eugene Kaspersky, denies that it has stocked the firm with those with close ties to Russian intelligence.

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