MKW GroupMKW Group is working Capitol Hill to line up finance assistance to Ukraine and promote its commitment to free enterprise, press freedom and human rights.

The six-month contract runs through the end of the year and carries a $25K monthly retainer for the DC-based crisis management, strategic planning and legislative branding shop.

MKW is working on behalf of the Trident Foundation in London.

Trident, which was formed by Ukrainian business executives, supports the policies of Yulia Tymoshenko, former prime minister of the former Soviet republic who lost a run for the presidency in 2014.

Trident, in 2014, signed Wiley Rein as lobbyist to highlight political developments in Ukraine in the aftermath of Russia's invasion and annexation of Crimea.