James Glassman
James Glassman

Glassman Enterprises is providing media and public affairs support for SCM Consulting, Ukraine's largest financial and industrial group, under a five-month agreement worth $200K.

Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov founded System Capital Management and serves as its president.

James Glassman's firm represents SCM as a subcontractor to DCI Group, which is exposing the ongoing theft of Ukrainian steel, grain and minerals by Russia.

Its $40K monthly pact began June 28.

Glassman served as US propaganda chief during George W. Bush's administration.

After serving as the State Dept. 's undersecretary for public diplomacy and chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Glassman became founding executive director of the George W. Bush Institute in 2009.

He is a longtime fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and financial columnist at Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine.

Earlier, he was editor-in-chief of Roll Call, president of The Atlantic, executive VP-US News & World Report and publisher of the New Republic.