From October 20, 2008, the players were already IDed: Putin, Yanukovich, Rick Davis and Paul Manafort (Davis-Manafort), Oleg Deripaska, Glenn Simpson and Mary Jacoby of The Wall Street Journal.
https://www.thenation.com/article/mccains-kremlin-ties/
In my opinion, what’s going on is a big fight over control of Ukraine, with Kerry and Biden up to their eyeballs in it, the collusion diversion meant to mask the Dems activities there. Everybody who ever spent a minute in the infantry remembers throwing smoke grenades before moving a squad or platoon in close contact with the enemy.
https://nypost.com/2018/03/15/inside-the-shady-private-equity-firm-run-by-kerry-and-bidens-kids/
Nice catch.