WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors are planning to interview an executive with Ukraine’s state-owned gas company as part of an ongoing probe into the business dealings of Rudy Giuliani and two of his Soviet-born business associates. Federal prosecutors in New York are investigating the business dealings of Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, including whether he failed to register as a …
KYIV, Ukraine — Two political supporters of U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry secured a potentially lucrative oil and gas exploration deal from the Ukrainian government soon after Perry proposed one of the men as an adviser to the country’s new president. “I believe that Secretary Perry’s conversations with Ukrainian government officials, if they in fact took place, did not play …
KYIV, Ukraine — As Rudy Giuliani was pushing Ukrainian officials last spring to investigate one of Donald Trump’s main political rivals, a group of individuals with ties to the president and his personal lawyer were also active in the former Soviet republic. But the effort to install a friendlier management team at the helm of the gas company, Naftogaz, would …
While it’s unclear whether Trump’s remark referred specifically to the behind-the-scenes manoeuvres this spring involving Naftogaz, The Associated Press has interviewed four people with direct knowledge of the attempts to influence Naftogaz. But the effort to install a friendlier management team at the helm of the gas company, Naftogaz, would soon be taken up with Ukraine’s new president by US …