Konstantin Kilimnik is believed to be Person A in court documents filed in the criminal indictment of Alex van der Zwaan.
29 Facts About Konstantin Kilimnik
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The April 2019 Mueller Report concluded Konstantin Kilimnik was connected to Russian intelligence agencies, while the August 2020 final report on 2016 election interference from the Senate Intelligence Committee characterized him as a "Russian intelligence officer".
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In 2017, Konstantin Kilimnik said he had no connection to Russian or any other intelligence service.
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Konstantin Kilimnik was indicted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller's grand jury on 8 June 2018 on charges of obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice by attempting to tamper with a witness on behalf of Manafort.
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Konstantin Kilimnik was born on 27 April 1970 at Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, Soviet Union.
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Konstantin Kilimnik was a translator in the Soviet Army and worked closely with its GRU.
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Konstantin Kilimnik took Russian citizenship after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
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Konstantin Kilimnik worked in Sweden as an interpreter for a Russian arms dealer.
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Konstantin Kilimnik worked for the International Republican Institute in Moscow from 1995 to early 2005; the IRI is an organisation which receives funding from the United States government to support democracy.
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The New York Times reported two former IRI colleagues said Konstantin Kilimnik was dismissed in April 2005 after the chief of Russian Federation's Federal Security Service gave a speech discussing internal private meetings at the institute.
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Konstantin Kilimnik was suspected of leaking details of an IRI meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Konstantin Kilimnik himself told The New York Times in April 2018 that he had been dismissed for having freelanced as an interpreter for Manafort, which was effectively confirmed by a spokesman for the IRI who said such an action ran counter to the organization's code of ethics.
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Some reports say Konstantin Kilimnik ran the Kyiv office of Manafort's firm, Davis Manafort International, and was Manafort's right-hand man in Kyiv.
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From 2011 to 2013, with liaison to Viktor Yanukovych's chief of staff Serhiy Lyovochkin, Konstantin Kilimnik, Manafort, Alan Friedman, Eckart Sager, who was a one time CNN producer, and Rick Gates advised on an international public relations strategy.
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When Yanukovych fled the country, Manafort and Konstantin Kilimnik gained employment with the Ukrainian party Opposition Bloc which is backed by the same oligarchs who backed Yanukovych.
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At some point, Opposition Bloc ceased paying Manafort's firm but even though the non-payment forced Manafort's firm to shut down their Kyiv office, Konstantin Kilimnik continued to advise the party while working to collect unpaid fees for Manafort's firm.
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Around 2010, Konstantin Kilimnik collaborated with Rinat Akhmetshin when the Washington-based lobbyist was trying to sell a book disparaging one of Yanukovych's opponents.
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In 2017, Konstantin Kilimnik helped Manafort write an op-ed for a Kyiv newspaper.
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From August until December 2016, Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko conducted an investigation into Konstantin Kilimnik but did not arrest him.
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The National Anti-Corruption Bureau informed the United States Department of State that Lutsenko had both thwarted Ukraine's investigation into Kilimink and allowed Konstantin Kilimnik to leave Ukraine for Russia.
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Konstantin Kilimnik has been reported by The New York Times to be the "Person A" in Court filings in December 2017 against Manafort and Rick Gates.
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Court filings in late March 2018 allege that Gates knew that Konstantin Kilimnik was a former officer with the Russian military intelligence service.
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Konstantin Kilimnik featured in the documents filed by Mueller in early December 2018 that explained why he believed Manafort had lied to investigators during the investigation conducted by Mueller's team.
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On 8 June 2018, Konstantin Kilimnik was indicted by Mueller on charges of obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice, in conjunction with Manafort, regarding unregistered lobbying work.
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On 2 August 2016, Konstantin Kilimnik met with Manafort and Rick Gates at the Grand Havana Room at 666 Fifth Avenue.
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Manafort has said that he and Konstantin Kilimnik discussed the Democratic National Committee cyber attack and release of emails, now known to be undertaken by Russian hacker groups known as Cozy Bear and Fancy Bear.
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In July 2016, Manafort told Konstantin Kilimnik to offer Deripaska private information in exchange for resolving multimillion-dollar disputes about the venture.
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Manafort asked Konstantin Kilimnik to pass the data to Ukrainians Serhiy Lyovochkin and Rinat Akhmetov.
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Manafort asked Konstantin Kilimnik to pass polling data to Oleg Deripaska who is close to Putin.