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Amsterdam & Partners will receive a $4M flat fee to push for the removal of US sanctions on Venezuela. The US does not recognize the government of Venezuela and has charged its president Nicolas Maduro with narco-terrorism.
Florida Senator Rick Scott has blasted Amsterdam & Partners law firm for representing Reinaldo Munoz Pedroza, the inspector general of Venezuela. Foley & Lardner dropped Pedroza after it was attacked by the Republican politico.
Saudi Basic Industries has agreed to pay Edelman $5.6M in fees for strategic communications services surrounding the B20 Summit.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has hired The Williams Group for advice on how to build relationships on Capitol Hill. (1 reader comment)
Zeppelin Communications managing director Michael Caputo, who led Trump's primary campaign in New York State, signs on help organize a working visit to DC for a delegation from Ukraine's Institute for Democracy and Development.
Sonoran Policy Group, which has close ties to the Trump administration, receives $2M to help ease US sanctions on Venezuela.
BGR Government Affairs is working on a $60K per-month effort to provide strategic communications services to Honduras, which has been rocked by corruption. (1 reader comment)
Teneo has inked a six-month $840K contract to manage the communications department of Neom, which is the $500B mega-city that is supposed to be the centerpiece of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s plan to diversify the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s economic base. (1 reader comment)
Mercury scores $1.2M contract from Israel's Q Cyber Technologies, which has been sued for its alleged hacking of Facebook's WhatsApp messaging service.
CLS Strategies has picked up a 90-day assignment to provide strategic counsel to the government of Bolivia, which has been rocked by political upheaval.
Omnicom’s Mercury Public Affairs unit has landed a $360K one-year contract with Qatar for research, intelligence-gathering on NGOs, academic groups active in the Middle East. (1 reader comment)
Cornerstone Government Affairs is providing strategic counsel to the Republic of India regarding boosting its ties with the US government and institutions.
Hathaway Strategies has signed on to provide PR and media management services to Saudi Arabia’s Washington embassy. (1 reader comment)
Qatar has hired its former US ambassador Chase Untermeyer to a one-year $180K contract to foster trade with the US and bolster cultural and academic ties with the Lone Star State.
Saudi Arabia’s Washington embassy has doled out a $1.5M one-year contract to Larson Shannahan Slifka Group, of Des Moines, for PR, government affairs and media outreach duties.
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia has reached out to DC-based Yorktown Solutions to promote US/Serbian economic relations.
Bullpen Strategies is working to promote a US free trade agreement with Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova to promote economic development and counter Russian influence in the region. (1 reader comment)
Vnesheconombank, Russia’s state-owned development unit, has hired Geopolitical Solutions to a $750K one-year pact to fend off additional US sanctions. Grace Fenstermaker, who is leaving Qorvis Communications handles the work. Publicis Groupe, Qorvis parent, turned down the Russian business. (Updated) (1 reader comment)
Huawei Technologies USA has retained BCW’s Pivot Integrated Communications arm for a one-year strategic communications program in the US worth about $1M.
The law firm of former US attorney general John Ashcroft has picked up a one-year $900K contract from the Republic of the Congo, a nation that scores low marks from global corruption watchdog, Transparency International. (1 reader comment)
Attorney Marcus Cohen has registered his PR work on behalf of Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky following a request by the Justice Dept. Sean Spicer, ex-White House press secretary and former Senator Norm Coleman are contacts made in the PR push. (1 reader comment)
Sam Nunberg, who was a political advisor to Donald Trump, is working for the Democratic Party of Kosovo in connection with the Oct 6 election. (1 reader comment)
Gotham Government Relations & Communication, which has worked for Donald Trump, has picked up a $1.5M one-year contract to represent the Government of National Accord in Libya's civil war.
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