• Advocating for and advising the foreign principal with respect to advocacy efforts and alerting Congress and the Administration about economically disadvantageous policies, which detrimentally affected the State of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people as the result of the action of the former Ukrainian government; educating about efforts of the foreign principal and the present Ukrainian government to attain energy independence and to develop modern agriculture in Ukraine; and assisting with the organization of meetings with U.S. government officials and Members of Congress. This representation will involve contacts with Members of Congress, congressional staff, and Administration officials and employees.

Duration: February 1, 2013 to August 31, 2013

General Issues: Foreign Relations

Spending: about $135,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2013: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives

Related Foreign Entities: Dmitry Shpenov (Krivy Rig, UKR); contribution to lobbying: $480000; ownership 0%