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Daily Digest for Friday, June 19

Saudi PR targets US heartland; Bosnian Serbs get coronavirus discount; Nonprofit advisory firm to finally get paid for work with Mali ex-rebels Saudi lobby hires ex-aide to Maine’s King in play for US heartland The public relations firm leading Saudi Arabia’s outreach to the US heartland has hired a former[Read More…]

Daily Digest for Thursday, June 18

Nigeria’s pick to lead WTO hires lobby shop to rally support; Mercury helps grease proposed gas deal between Louisiana and Turkey; Kuwaiti royal, Thai tycoon underwrote 1MDB fugitive’s $3.4 million influence campaign; Kobre & Kim drops Chinese chipmaker; Renewable diesel company hires Texas pair to lobby on renewable fuels Nigeria’s[Read More…]

Revealed: Kuwaiti royal, Thai tycoon underwrote 1MDB fugitive’s $3.4 million influence campaign

A Thai businessman and a member of Kuwait’s royal family have been revealed as the heretofore hidden funders behind a $3.4 million public relations campaign to redeem the reputation of a fugitive financier accused of embezzling $4.5 billion from Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB. A newly disclosed filing from international[Read More…]

Daily Digest for Wednesday, June 17

Battered Ecuador hires coronavirus crisis manager; Iran-Contra figure lobbies on latest Latin America election dispute; Meet the lobbyists tied to Bolton’s accusations against Trump; Dovish Quincy Institute sheds light on Taiwan’s influence on think-tanks’ China hawks 1. Ecuador hires Obama PR man to improve reputation battered by coronavirus Ecuador is[Read More…]

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