Ruzzian ex-minister, Putin ally and oligarch arms manufacturer Konstantin Nikolaev helped fund US speaker Mike Johnson's election campaign - Newsweek

In 2018, a group of Russians were able to donate to Johnson's bid for the Louisiana seat he eventually won. The money was funneled through the Texas-based American Ethane company.

At the time it was 88 percent owned by three Russian nationals—Konstantin Nikolaev, Mikhail Yuriev, and Andrey Kunatbaev. Nikolaev is known to be a top ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Konstantin Nikolaev is a 52-year-old ruzzian billionaire who previously served as minister of transport for the Russian Federation.