Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has done something previous tensions between Moscow and Washington could not: convince American lobbyists to turn down money from Kremlin allies
A customer and employee are seen March 2 in a Moscow office of Sberbank, one of the sanctioned Russian entitites. | Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo. Even after the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and reports that Russia interfered in the 2016 election, the spigot of Russian money to K Street kept flowing.
The termination of those contracts may be one of many ripple effects from the war currently being waged by Russia against Ukraine.
The lobbyists who had represented Russian interests were far from persona non grata in Washington, D.C. In fact, many carried clout in the nation’s capital. Former Rep. John E. Sweeney represented Vnesheconombank. Former Rep. Toby Moffett and former Sen. David Vitter represented Sovcombank. “Our engagement with Nord Stream 2 was never about or on behalf of Russia,” a spokesperson for Roberti Global said in a statement. “Rather it was an engagement with a commercial entity with Western European management and debtholders that worked to support Western Europe’s effort to control its own energy needs. We terminated our engagement on the Nord Stream 2 project in accordance with US sanctions.
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