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I have been digging into this article on #JimBreyer who is the brother-in-law of #MitchMcConnell, reading all the articles it contains and links to, and doing my own research. It is mind-bending. I recommend highly everyone take a pause and read it twice! https://www.reddit.com/r/RussiaLago/comments/a34y7i/mitch_mcconnells_brotherinlaw_one_of_the/">https://www.reddit.com/r/RussiaL...
"In 2005 Jim Breyer, a partner at Accel Partners, invested $1 million of his own money into Facebook and gained a seat on the board." http://fortune.com/2011/01/11/timeline-where-facebook-got-its-funding/">https://fortune.com/2011/01/1...
"In Feb 2009 Jim Breyer visited Russia with a number of other Silicone Valley investors. While there, Yuri Milner, a Russian tech entrepreneur who founded DST with close ties to the Kremlin, hosted a dinner to cap the entire event." http://fortune.com/2010/10/04/facebooks-friend-in-russia/">https://fortune.com/2010/10/0...
Mr Milner dismissed suggestions that at a valuation of $10bn he overpaid for his stake in Facebook, especially given that the social networking site has yet to prove it has turned to profit. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/7753692/Facebook-is-just-the-first-step-say-Russians.html">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...
"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/">https://www.wired.com/2011/10/m...
"In fact, it seems rather like a desperate deal for both parties (in the midst of the banking crisis, Facebook has only two other bidders for this round—and none from the top VC tier)" https://www.wired.com/2011/10/mf_milner/">https://www.wired.com/2011/10/m...
"By the end of 2009, DST would own 10% of Facebook. Later revealed by the Paradise Papers, DST’s investments into Facebook were financed by the Russian government through state-owned Gazprom. That’s right, in 2009 Russia owned 10% of Facebook." https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/05/russia-funded-facebook-twitter-investments-kushner-investor">https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017...
"Soon after, the two continued to work together on other investments. Breyer introduced Milner to Groupon, and Milner helped Breyer’s Accel invest into Spotify." https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/dst-global-hoping-to-grow-across-asia-puts-down-roots/">https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/09/2...
"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/">https://www.ambarclub.org/executive...
"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">https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-c...
"At the time Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation had a joint venture with the Russian mob-linked oligarch Boris Berezovsky, called LogoVaz News Corporation, that invested in Russian media." https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/companies/156126Z:RU-logovaz-news-corp">https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/...
"It was Berezovsky’s protege Roman Abramovich who tied Berezovsky to the mob." https://www.vanityfair.com/news/politics/2012/11/roman-abramovich-boris-berezovsky-feud-russia">https://www.vanityfair.com/news/poli...
"A paramedic, John Pocock, told the hearing that after being called to the house and finding Berezovsky on the bathroom floor, a "warning tone" was triggered on a radiation detection device that he was carrying." https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/26/boris-berezovsky-inquest-spoke-suicide-roman-abramovich">https://www.theguardian.com/world/201...
"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">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma...
"In June 2011, Rupert Murdoch ended his foray into social media by selling Myspace to Justin Timberlake and elected Jim Breyer to the board of News Corp." https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424053111904583204576546420865980328">https://www.wsj.com/articles/...
"Jim Breyer invests in Wickr with Erik Prince" https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/09/14/why-is-erik-prince-backing-a-secure-communications-company/">https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/09/1...
"In 2012 Breyer invested in a encrypted messenger app, Wickr. Other investors include Gilman Louie and Erik Prince. To understand the connection, we need to go back to 1987." https://www.alsop-louie.com/team/gilman-louie/">https://www.alsop-louie.com/team/gilm...
"Breyer, newly hired to Accel Partners, made his first investment with Louie’s video game company that owned the rights to the Soviet Union’s first video game export, Tetris." https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/CIA-Asks-Silicon-Valley-s-Help-Executive-to-2904775.php">https://www.sfgate.com/politics/...
"Louie went off to become the founding CEO of the CIA-backed In-Q-Tel which invested in Palantir." https://www.gaia.com/article/what-is-cia-in-q-tel">https://www.gaia.com/article/w...
"Palantir’s founder, Peter Thiel, sat on the board of Facebook with Breyer." https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2018-palantir-peter-thiel/">https://www.bloomberg.com/features/...
"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">https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/1...
"Around that same time, 2012-2013, Prince met Vincent Tchenguiz, founder of Cambridge Analytica& #39;s parent company, SCL." https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/revealed-erik-prince-had-business-ties-with-netanyahus-disgraced-chief-of-staff-1.5627887">https://www.haaretz.com/israel-ne...
"Prince met Vincent Tchenguiz, founder of Cambridge Analytica& #39;s parent company, and was introduced to Cyrus Behbehani of Glencore, one of the purchasers of Rosneft stock detailed in the Steele Dossier." https://medium.com/@wsiegelman/a-fresh-look-at-erik-princes-house-intelligence-committee-testimony-and-emails-with-christophe-6603f06c6568">https://medium.com/@wsiegelm...
Cyrus Behbehani sat on the board of RusAl with Christophe Charlier, who is also Chairman of the board at Renaissance Capital, an early investor of DST. https://www.vccircle.com/all-you-wanted-know-about-digital-sky-technologies/">https://www.vccircle.com/all-you-w...
