emptywheel

What reports suggest that Russia paid for the dossier?

None. Except that Ahkmetshin was doing work for Fusion at the same time, which means firm was taking $$ fr Veselnitskaya.

So you are defending his fabrication of the notion that Russia paid based on fact that Russia may have also been indirect client of GPS?

I think there are real Qs about the role of Ahkmetshin. If you think it was problematic to meet with him, then his tie to Fusion problematic

What does that have to do with whether Russia "paid for" the dossier? If firm has 2 clients, that means one paid for the other's work?

Notion that Russia paid for Fusion to produce dossier about Russia's involvement with Trump sort of nonsensical on its face. /1

But I'd certainly consider evidence that they did. You haven't cited any other than Russia also indirectly paid Fusion for stuff.

You could go read one of the twenty posts I wrote on the dossier.