Naftogaz
The deal sought by Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman never came to pass. But their efforts are now part of a federal criminal investigation.
“You’re a Republican, right? We want you to be our guy,” the men told Naftogaz official Andrew Favorov, he told The Wall Street Journal.
The affair shows how those with ties to Trump and his administration were pursuing business deals in Ukraine that went far beyond advancing the president’s personal political interests.
