The usually reliable Odesa blogger Nikolai Holmov has retweeted this story that appears to claim Mikheil Saakasvili used money donated to the ATO for a political advertisement:
We assume this is the Interfax report that the The Wall Street Journal's deputy bureau chief is tweeting about:
SIMFEROPOL. Nov 10 (Interfax) -- The Crimean authorities have discussed trade development with the Nicaraguan ambassador to Russia.
"Nicaragua is interesting for us from the viewpoint of developing trade in goods that Nicaragua is famous for: these are, of course, southern fruits, coffee," Georgy Muradov, deputy chairman of the Crimean Council of Ministers and the republic's permanent representative to the Russian president, said at a meeting with Nicaraguan Ambassador Juan Ernesto Vasquez Araya in Simferopol on Tuesday [November 10].
For its part, Nicaragua might be interested in using the peninsula's potential, he said. "When Nicaragua acquires vessels even for a small cabotage, it can bear in mind that cooperation with Crimea in this sphere will be of interest," Muradov said.
The official urged Nicaragua not to worry about financial operations with Crimea, whose Russian status is not acknowledged by the West, because the peninsula already runs "a decent banking system."
For his part, the Nicaraguan ambassador called Russia "a strategic friend, a brother country."
"We have many spheres in which we can cooperate," Araya said.
For example, student exchanges are possible and Nicaragua could supply Crimea with products that are interesting for tourists, he said.
For his part, Crimean leader Sergey Aksyonov said that Araya is the first foreign ambassador to have visited Crimea since the 2014 referendum which resulted in the peninsula becoming part of Russia again. "You've opened the breach," Aksyonov said.