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See also, via a reader on Twitter, this Ukrainian page describing the Yermak-McFaul Group as a project of the Ukrainian government:

"The Group was created at the initiative of the President of Ukraine. The Group is co-chaired by the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, and the former US ambassador to Russia, Stanford University professor Michael McFaul."

https://sanctions.kse.ua/en/yermak-mcfaul-group/

Note this part, about the support of the group: "Analytical materials for the Group are provided by KSE Institute."

KSE Institute is a Ukrainian thinktank headquartered in Kyiv, so the provision of materials by KSE constitute material support for the Yermak-McFaul working group.

https://kse.ua/kse-department/kse-institute/

Via:

https://twitter.com/ncman4241/status/1762616709742047500

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On a personal note, I think FARA sucks. It's constitutionally and culturally dubious, and I've written before that I thought the arrests of the "Russian agents" from dumb-as-dirt groups like Black Hammer were grossly improper arrests for speech acts.

https://chrisbray.substack.com/p/fill-out-your-form-before-you-have

Michael McFaul has a First Amendment right to advocate for Ukraine. But no one has a First Amendment right to advocate for Russia, somehow. That's the problem.

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