the trial due to start in washington, d.c. in a couple weeks. his co-defendant is not likely to turn up. he is russian borne. konstant konstantin kilimnik is the co-defendant. in addition to his work paul manafort, this guy also formed a company with a consulting firm with sam patten, the guy charged today. so that's another link. the leader he worked for and helped get elected in ukraine, there's no mention of victorian koefk in the charging documents related to sam patten but sam patten, according to prosecutors, was placing op eds