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PARNAS PARTNER KUKUSHKIN’S VETERANS RESEARCH PLANS

Sacramento power player and Lev Parnas partner Andrey Kukushkin was working on a partnership with the Department of Veteran’s Affairs in the run-up to his 2019 indictment.
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  • In September, the Ukraine-born cannabis investor was poised to partner on a five-year R&D deal to study medical cancer therapies with San Francisco’s Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
  • Set to go into effect last month, with a $650,000 annual budget, the plan was scrapped after the Southern District of New York fingered Kukushkin for alleged campaign finance violations.