Mike Pence and Russian political parties on same client list

I found Congressman MIke Pence on the same Strategic Media Group Client list as two Russian political parties, along with other fun clients as GoPAC, Gingrich and Freedom Forum.

The Russian parties are Russia Now and Christian Democrat Coalition. With the help of some excellent taxpayer funded librarians, I have some details on the frustratingly vague references.

Russia Now is likely “Sovremennaia Rossiia” with this website and a blog. The Christian Democrats are “Rossiiskoe khristiansko-demokraticheskaia partiia,” with a website here. Neither party appears active. Both emphasize a strong military, family values, nationalism and the importance of religious values. A good fit for the GOP these days.

This is all I have right now. What we need are names behind these parties to build the network to connect the russians, the domestic clients and the consultant. SMG appears to be fishing from a small, cozy ideological pond that could also hold connections between Pence and Manafort via Russia.

Pence is a worldly person who may well have Manafort and Russian connections that pass uninvestigated due to assumptions about his midwestern origins and religiosity.

Pence was into foreign affairs before governorship

The media sees Pence through the lens of an aw-shucks Indiana governor who’s afraid of eating alone with women.

However, for most of his congressional career, he served on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Cummins, the huge multinational engine corporation with a Russian presence, is headquartered in his former district. He has been to the international rodeo before.

No pass for Pence

Pence is a worldly person who may well have Manafort and Russian connections that pass uninvestigated due to assumptions about his midwestern origins and religiosity.

This is a thin but interesting indication of a Russian connection for Pence prior to Trump. And taking the client list in its entirely, there could be connections between many electeds and political organizations to Russian influence.

What I found could be spurious and even innocent. But I do not know and surely there are people reading this able to move research forward and find out what is going on.

FYI

Here is that client list from SMG…