"It’s seen as a desperate and rather vulgar deal on the one hand—Milner buying a small stake in Facebook, valuing the entire company at $10 billion—and, on the other, Facebook debasing itself by taking Russian money. Russian money! https://www.wired.com/2011/10/mf_milner/
"In 2010 an Accel representative joined a gaggle of Silicon Valley investors to Russia and signed a letter promising to invest into the country." http://www.ambarclub.org/executive-education/
"Then in Nov 2010 Jim Breyer invested into Artsy, run by Rupert Murdoch’s then-wife, Wendi Deng, and Russia oligarch Roman Abramovich’s then-wife, Dasha Zhukova. Jared Kushner’s brother, Josh, also invested in the fledgling company." https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-cadre-and-how-to-invest-in-its-real-estate-deals-2016-6
"According to the Mirror Online, Abramovich paid Berezovsky tens, and even hundreds, of millions every year for "krysha", or mafia protection." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Abramovich
"On the board of In-Q-Tel is Buzzy Krongard. Buzzy Krongard is the man who helped Erik Prince’s Blackwater receive their first CIA contract, who also joined the board of Blackwater in 2007." https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/17/us/17brothers.html
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