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Paul Manafort resigned from the post of head of the campaign headquarters of the candidate for the president of the United States from the Republicans Donald Trump. It is reported by CNN.

“This morning, Paul Manafort made an offer to free him from participating in the election campaign, and I accepted his request,” says Donald Trump. “I am very grateful to him for the great work done, especially with the delegates of the party congress. Paul is a real professional, and I wish him all kinds of successes.”

The scandal around Manafort burst out after the release of the article The New York Times. It says that the political strategist was one of the key advice of the former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych. According to the publication, in the so -called "barn book" of the Party of Regions of Ukraine, entries were found on the conduct of manfort unregistered payments in cash totaling $ 12.7 million from 2007 to 2012.

Against the background of the scandal, the manager of the Cadnidate election campaign from the Democrats Hillary Clinton demanded that Trump's headquarters reveal all the ties with Russia in the light of the accusations that The New York Times made.

Manafort himself stated that "he never received a single illegal payment."

Manafort was an active participant in the American election campaigns of the last four decades and advised a variety of candidates - from John McCain and Bob Doula to both presidents of Bush.

On July 20, at the Republican Party Congress, Trump became an official candidate for the president of the United States. During his election campaign, he stated that he was ready to consider the issue of recognizing the annexation of Crimea , as well as the lifting of sanctions from Russia.