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Article snippet: Special counsel MORE, Konstantin Kilimnik, with obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice. The filing says that Manafort and Kilimnik“knowingly and intentionally” attempted to influence two other persons’ testimony to Mueller. Kilimnik has denied any ties to Russian intelligence, telling The Washington Post that he has "no relation to the Russian or any other intelligence service." The Ukrainian-born Russian national worked with Manafort and Gates for years in their lobbying work in Ukraine. Gates, who was originally indicted along with Manafort, has pleaded guilty to two charges and is cooperating with prosecutors. The court filings accuse Manafort, Gates and Kilimnik of engaging “in a multi-million dollar lobbying campaigning” at the direction of Viktor Yanukovych, the former Russia-aligned Ukrainian president from 2006 until 2014. In a court filing earlier this week, Mueller asked a court to revoke Manafort’s pretrial conditions, accusing him and one other person–now identified as Kliminik–of attempting to tamper with witnesses. The New York Times reported Friday morning that Manafort and Kilimnik attempted to contact two veteran journalists with whom they had worked on Ukrainian lobbying efforts to influence the accounts they gave to Mueller. The veteran journalists helped lead a lobbying and consulting project intended to bolster the reputation of former Ukrainian president Victor Yanukovych. Manafort funded the project with more than $2 mil... Link to the full article to read more