Contents tagged with lobbying

  • Media: Russian companies cut spending on lobbying in the United States by one third

    Spending by Russian companies on lobbying in the US declined by 34% in the first half of 2017, RBC reports, citing data from the US Senate’s lobbying disclosure base.

    Total spending for this period amounted to $470,000, although $715,000 was spent in the first half of 2016; nearly $1.5 million was spent over the entirety of year prior.

    At the same time, the number of Russian companies registered in the US as lobbyists increased from five to seven.

    Thus, in July, an American subsidiary of …

  • Media: Ukrainian politicians paid $2 billion to American lobbyists

    Ukrainian politicians have paid $2 billion to US-based lobbyists over the past three years, which can be seen from reports of lobbying companies that regularly disclose their contacts.

    The most active customers of overseas lobbying services are the Ukrainian Presidential Administration and the Yulia Tymoshenko's Batkivshchyna (All-Ukrainian “Fatherland”) Party, writes Novoe Vremya news website, citing an investigation by journalist Tatiana Kozyreva. At the same time, the fact that both the …