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| Delyan Peevski |
BGR Government Affairs is representing a Bulgarian oligarch and member of parliament who is accused of undermining democracy in the Eastern European nation.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports that Delyan Peevski is viewed as Bulgarian prime minister Boyko Borisov’s “oligarch in chief” and the “ultimate puppet master” in the country.
He wields enormous influence in Bulgaria via control of 80 percent of the country’s print media and a private TV network.
Hired by Peevski’s law firm, BGR is to “engage and facilitate communications with relevant officials and decision-makers in the US in an effort to help Mr. Peevski with issues in the US,” according to its letter of agreement signed by BGR chairman Ed Rogers.
BGR managing director and former FBI agent Tom Locke, who headed the Bureau’s worldwide investigation of the 9/11 terror attacks, oversees government affairs efforts for Peevski.
Jeff Birnbaum (former Time, Wall Street Journal, Fortune and Washington Post staffer) works the PR front.
BGR’s six-month contract is worth $180K.
RFE/RL reports that president-elect Joe Biden is alarmed about the rollback of liberal values in Eastern and Central Europe and plans to host a summit in 2021 to confront the nations that are backsliding.
TSG Advocates has inked a $240K one-year pact to provide PA and government relations services to the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency.
KARV is providing strategic communications to the American-Uzbek Business and Investment Council to promote US economic ties with the central Asian country.
Bethesda-based Tricuro has signed on South Korea for strategic communications support, messaging development, and media outreach related to US-Korea economic relations.
Ballard Partners has signed on to represent Turkiye’s Ministry of National Defense on matters regarding security issues related to the U.S.
The Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq, which has been hit hard by the US/Iran war, has retained Continental Strategy to promote its interests among US policymakers, business leaders and key decision-makers.
