{"id":29156,"date":"2022-04-25T13:08:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T11:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/?p=29156"},"modified":"2023-04-08T11:20:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T09:20:38","slug":"domuschievi-hristo-kovachki-petya-slavova-and-the-chicken-polish-their-image-with-lobbyists-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/domuschievi-hristo-kovachki-petya-slavova-and-the-chicken-polish-their-image-with-lobbyists-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Domuschievi, Hristo Kovachki, Petya Slavova and “The Chicken” polish their image with lobbyists in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"

Domuschiev<\/b> paid <\/span> USD 480,000 for lobbyists in the US for the first quarter of 2022 alone. <\/span>Hristo Kovachki’s<\/b> Atomenergoremont AD pays<\/span> USD 570,000<\/b> for lobbyists<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/b>. Investbank AD <\/span>Petya Slavova<\/b> reports <\/span>USD 312,000<\/b> for lobbyists. <\/span> Ivan Angelov \u2013 The chicken<\/b> pays <\/span>210 thousand USD<\/b> for lobbyists. This was established by a BRRD check in the US Senate database and in the FARA database.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the beginning <\/span> of the year, we revealed<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> that Democrat <\/span>Tony Podesta<\/b> has signed lobbying contracts worth more than $ 2 million with Bulgarian companies whose owners are associated with the interests of the oligarch Delyan Peevski, sanctioned under the global Magnitsky Act. <\/span><\/b>. A check by the BSRD found that at least one of the contracts was not declared under the requirements of the US Foreign Agents Act (FARA).<\/span><\/p>\n

After our publication<\/span>, Tony Podesta<\/b> has <\/span>terminated<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> his contract with<\/span> Protos Energy<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> EAD of Georgi Samuilov<\/b>, who is connected to Delyan Peevski, <\/span>as of 14.03.2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/span><\/h2>\n

Domuschiev – half a million dollars for a quarter<\/span><\/h2>\n

Kiril and Georgi Domuschiev<\/b> have signed a lobbying contract with <\/span>
\n Rushmore Strategic Advisors LLC<\/b>
\n<\/a> On 15.01.2022, for the first quarter, USD 360,000 were reported under this contract. Rushmore Strategic Advisors LLC on their behalf has signed on the same date another lobbying contract with <\/span>ABT USA LLC<\/b><\/a>. It reported USD 120,000 for the first quarter of 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

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U.S. Senate data<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hristo Kovachki polishes image through a related company<\/span><\/h2>\n

Atomenergoremont<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>, <\/span>connected to <\/span>Hristo Kovachki<\/b>, signed a contract with the US FGH Holdings LLC<\/b><\/p>\n

<\/a> on 28.07.2021. USD 120,000 were reported under this contract in the last two quarters and USD 70,000 for the first quarter in which it was signed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Atomenergoremont has signed two lobbying contracts with <\/span>QORVIS LLCs<\/b>. <\/span> The first<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> on 30.11.2021 for the amount of 50,000 USD , and the second on 10.01.2022 for another 210,000 USD. <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The total amount of lobbying contracts of “Atomenergoremont” so far amounts to <\/span>570 thousand USD<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"
U.S. Senate data<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"
The FARA database<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Petya Slavova’s Investbank Clean Reputation<\/span><\/h2>\n

Petya Slavova’s<\/b> Investbank AD <\/span> has signed two lobbying contracts with the American <\/span>Alexandria Group International LLC<\/b>. <\/span> The first<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> on 15.07.2021 for the amount of 186,000 USD, and the <\/span>second<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> on 05.02.2022 for another 126 000 USD. The contracts are registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and are intended to support the “realization of the business and reputational goals of the bank” of the State Security cops.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"
The FARA database<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Uncle Ivan – Chicken also polishes image with lobbyists<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Associated <\/span> with Ivan Angelov – Gradus –<\/b> <\/span>98<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> Chicken AD has signed a lobbying <\/span>contract<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> on 02.11.2021 with the US <\/span>Government Law LLC<\/b> for the amount of 210 000 USD. Under this contract, the lobbyist of Bulgarian origin is also registered. <\/span>
\n Angel Velichkov<\/span>
\n<\/a>, working in the lobbying company. <\/span> <\/p>\n

In May 2021, agribusinessman Svetoslav Ilchovski called Ivan Angelov “The Chicken” and <\/span>
\n claimed<\/span>
\n<\/a>Ivan-Chicken “treats a girl” Boyko Borisov and gives him gold bars. And our <\/span>
\n An investigation<\/span>
\n<\/a> revealed the case of a police officer with a BGN 50,000 bribe for concealing VAT fraud the companies “Gradus” and “Biser Oliva”.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"
The FARA database<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sapard Hero with U.S. Lobbyists<\/span><\/h2>\n

Lyudmil Stoykov<\/b> from <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> the SAPARD affair, whom the prosecution failed to convict, also signed a lobbying contract with <\/span>Government Law LLC<\/b><\/a>. His company “<\/span>Eurometal<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> Ltd. has signed a contract<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> for the amount of USD 120,000 on 17.02.2022.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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