Prosecutors have also made contact recently with the US embassy official, Suriya Jayanti, a foreign service officer based in Kiev. Parnas and Fruman were also actively pushing to have US ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch removed. Naftogaz and Kobolyev are part of a significant line of inquiry by federal prosecutors concerning Parnas and Fruman's activities. Perry said that he told Jayanti in March about his concerns about a possible threat to the integrity of Naftogaz's management and efforts by others that he perceived as potentially corrupt. A person familiar with the matter said Favorov also told Jayanti about his concerns regarding Parnas and Fruman.

Source: CNN December 04, 2019 19:41 UTC