 Putin ally behind U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson campaign donation. News of money previously given to House Speaker Mike Johnson's congressional campaign by Russian nationals has re-emerged after the Republican rejected a $95 billion foreign aid bill passed in the Senate. Newsweek reported this. It is noted that in 2018, a group of Russians were able to donate to Johnson's bid for the Louisiana seat he eventually won as the money was funneled through the Texas-based American Ethane Company. While American Ethane was co-founded by American John Horteling, at the time it was 88% owned by three Russian nationals, Konstantin Nikolayev, Mikhail Yuryev and Andrey Kunatbeev. Nikolayev is known to be a top ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. A spokesperson for Johnson previously assured in 2018 that the campaign returned the money and was given to them by American Ethane. Newsweek says that a number of social media users have now brought up the campaign money amid Johnson's opposition to the long-debated foreign aid bill, which would send $60 billion to Ukraine as the country continues to fight off Russia's invasion. Ukraine-based blog FakeOff, based on ex-US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, received campaign contributions from American Ethane, a company 88% owned by three Russians. Now, do you understand why he was categorically against the aid to Ukraine? Another social media user added while sharing a clip of Johnson's press conference, astonishing that the Speaker of the House for the United States government accepts money from Russia. And his two partners currently own a third of GlobalTrans, Russia's biggest private rail transport operator.