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Mr. Kilimnik quickly made himself indispensable to Mr. Manafort, who spoke neither Ukrainian nor Russian.
基里姆尼克很快就讓既不會(huì)說(shuō)烏克蘭語(yǔ)，也不會(huì)說(shuō)俄語(yǔ)的馬納福特離不開自己了。
At the time, Mr. Manafort worked as a political and business consultant to the Ukrainian steel and coal oligarch Rinat L. Akhmetov, as well as the Russian aluminum oligarch Oleg V. Deripaska.
后者當(dāng)時(shí)是烏克蘭鋼鐵和煤炭寡頭雷納特·L.阿赫梅托夫，以及俄羅斯鋁業(yè)寡頭奧列格·V.德里帕斯卡的政治商業(yè)顧問(wèn)。
Mr. Kilimnik traveled extensively with Mr. Manafort,
基利姆尼克頻繁地和馬納福特出差，
accompanying him to all his meetings and eventually becoming known as "Manafort’s Manafort" in Kiev.
陪他參加他所有的會(huì)議，最終在基輔得了個(gè)“馬納福特的馬納福特”的名號(hào)。
Paul took Konstantin under his wing, not just as a protégé but as his own surrogate son, Mr. Caputo said.
“保羅庇護(hù)康斯坦丁，不僅視康斯坦丁為門徒，也視為了自己名義上的兒子，”卡普托說(shuō)。
Mr. Gates, who joined Mr. Manafort’s Ukraine team the year after Mr. Kilimnik
蓋茨比基里姆尼克晚一年加入馬納福特的烏克蘭團(tuán)隊(duì)，
and has since pleaded guilty to charges brought by Mr. Mueller stemming from his work there,
他承認(rèn)了米勒對(duì)他這段工作經(jīng)歷提出的指控，
later told an associate he knew that Mr. Kilimnik was a former officer with the G.R.U., according to a court filing by Mr. Mueller’s team.
米勒調(diào)查團(tuán)隊(duì)提交給法庭的文件顯示，他后來(lái)告訴過(guò)一名同事，他知道基利姆尼克曾是G.R.U.的工作人員。
In a February 2017 interview with The New York Times in Kiev,
2017年2月在基輔接受《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》采訪時(shí)，
Mr. Kilimnik denied ever serving in a Russian intelligence agency.
基里姆尼克否認(rèn)曾在俄羅斯情報(bào)機(jī)構(gòu)任職。
'What would I do if I were a real Russian spy?" he said. "I would not be here. I would be in Russia."
“我要真的是俄羅斯間諜，”“我肯定不在這兒在俄羅斯啊。”
But for the politicians and oligarchs who were Mr. Manafort’s clients,
但對(duì)于馬納福特合作的那些政客和寡頭們來(lái)說(shuō)，
Mr. Kilimnik’s suspected intelligence connections suggested a seal of approval from Moscow.
基利姆尼克涉嫌的與情報(bào)機(jī)構(gòu)的聯(lián)系表明，莫斯科方面已經(jīng)批準(zhǔn)了他的申請(qǐng)。
That was an important selling point, especially when combined with Mr. Manafort’s connections.
這是基里姆尼克的一個(gè)重要的籌碼，尤其是加上他和馬納福特的關(guān)系之后。
The perception in political circles in Kiev was that hiring Mr. Manafort’s team would open doors in Washington and Moscow.
基輔政界的看法是，雇傭馬納福特的團(tuán)隊(duì)能為他們?cè)谌A盛頓和莫斯科打開方便之門。
Mr. Akhmetov persuaded Mr. Manafort to try to resuscitate the political career of the former Ukrainian prime minister Viktor F. Yanukovych,
阿赫梅托夫說(shuō)服了馬納福特，努力盤活烏克蘭前總理維克多·F.亞努科維奇的政治生涯。
a Russia-aligned figure who lost the 2004 presidential election amid allegations of vote-rigging.
與俄羅斯結(jié)盟的亞努科維奇在2004年總統(tǒng)選舉中因被控操縱選票而落選。
In Mr. Yanukovych’s Party of Regions, Mr. Kilimnik was "known as the representative of Russia,"
在亞努科維奇的地區(qū)黨中，基里姆尼克“被稱為俄羅斯的代表，”
said Taras V. Chernovyl, a former party member.
前黨員塔拉斯·V.切爾諾維爾說(shuō)。
With help from Mr. Manafort and Mr. Kilimnik, Mr. Yanukovych won the presidency in 2010.
在馬納福特和基利姆尼克的幫助下，亞努科維奇在2010年贏得了總統(tǒng)大選。
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