Concord Catering, one of the defendants in Mueller's latest indictment.

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

Information on the connections between Russian Troll Farms and Concord Catering has been around for a couple months. (I can't quite put my finger on it but I seem to recall Concord Catering showing up in somebody's campaign finance report. I just don't remember who it was) From the Moscow Times, an anti-Putin newspaper in Russia back in November:

Russian Mercenary Leader Now Behind Troll Farm Mastermind’s Catering Business

The leader of an infamous Russian private military company is now reportedly the general director of a catering business owned by the mastermind behind the Kremlin’s troll farm.

Dmitry Utkin, a military intelligence reserve commander, leads the Wagner mercenary group, which is believed to have played key roles in the Ukrainian and Syrian conflicts.

Businessman Dmitry Prigozhin is an investor in Wagner and the alleged head of the St. Petersburg-based firm known as the Kremlin's “troll factory.” He also owns the firms Concord Management and Consulting and Concord Catering — both under U.S. sanctions.

Prigozhin has recently denied ties to the troll factory, the Internet Research Agency.

After the name “Dmitry Valeryevich Utkin" appeared in a corporate database as the general director of Concord Management and Consulting, a source close to Prigozhin told the RBC business outlet RBC on Wednesday that it is the head of the military contractor.

The U.S. Treasury added Concord Management and Consulting and Concord Catering to its list of sanctioned companies in June after identifying Prigozhin as the “owner or controller” of both entities. The U.S. placed Prigozhin on its sanctions list in 2016.

U.S authorities suspect the business of being behind hundreds of fake Facebook and Twitter accounts that reached tens of millions of Americans during the 2016 election campaign that saw Donald Trump win the presidency.

https://themoscowtimes.com/news/russian-mercenary-leader-now-heads-kremlin-troll-farm-mastermind-catering-business-59577

[Cracklin Charlie]

1. Melanias friend from inauguration?

These people soooo guilty.

[Generic Brad]

4. So about that $26 million they are reported to have received....

...that appears to be reimbursement for troll farm services rather than finger sandwiches.

[Wwcd]

5. Well now. The $26 million recipient?

Concord controlled "Internet Research Agency".
Ahhhh the plot thickens.

Melania knows more than she's given credit for perhaps.

[tammywammy]

11. The $26M went to Stephanie Winston Wolkoff. n/t

[Wwcd]

2. Concord controlled the "Internet Research Agency"

Snip from the indictment:

"The indictment explains that the IRA in turn was controlled by Concord Management and Consulting and Concord Catering, “related Russian entities with various Russian government contracts.” Concord hired the IRA for “Project Lakhta,” a wide-ranging project that involved work in Russia and overseas.

The IRA and its officers began tracking U.S. social currents in 2014. That year, two of the defendants named in the indictment traveled to the United States for scouting purposes. "
More..
**About halfway down the article. This is as much as I can find for now:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/553604/

[Laxman]

3. It's Interesting To Note....

that names Dmitry Utkin and Dmitry Prigozhin don't appear in the indictment, yet they were part of the leadership of the indicted company. Maybe that means something, maybe not. Might be an indicator of more to come.

[Wwcd]

6. Yup. We know so little. But imagine what Mueller knows.

I just hope the next indictments to drop are so rapid the rats cannot defend themselves.

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

7. Trying to figure out what's next is what's really interesting.

I'm pretty sure everything Mueller is doing has a deliberate sequence to it. And I agree with the post above. There's so much he knows and that we don't.

[unc70]

9. Another Prigozhin is named, maybe sam person

Picking through a bunch of Russian names, nicknames, and alternatives can be formidable, whether in a lengthy novel or a criminal investigation. I am not very good at this and I took Russian language and history course long ago in college.

Possible the two Prigozhins are the same person or a relative.

[Wounded Bear]

8. Interesting timing...

Rachel was back on her "what happened to all the Inaugural money" last night. She had the $26 mill payment to "Melania's friend" though she didn't connect the Russian angle directly.

Rachel, again.

[dweller]

10. things that make me go hmmm...

Concord.... Cambridge ...

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

12. Yes, there has to be some kind of link.

I hate to be looking at this like some kind of television series because its real and its important, but I also can't help but wonder what next week will bring.

[panader0]

13. Melania appears to be involved in all of this too.

I can no longer suppress my glee.