http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/2/23/1636862/-Paul-Manafort-blackmailed-over-meeting-between-Trump-and-pro-Russian-forces-in-Ukraine
"Paul Manafort was hired to install pro-Russian strongman Yanukovych using a campaign of deceptive propaganda and staged protests. He not only put Yanukovych in a position to gift Russia with a sweetheart treaty and push Ukraine away from the West, but also provided Vladimir Putin with an excuse to invade Crimea. For his work, Manafort collected millions in overt pay, and possibly many millions more under the table."