I hate to burst your bubble but that polling data was already public data.

The fervent speculation suffered a setback when it was revealed that the polling data was not intended to be passed to Deripaska or any other wealthy Russian. The New York Times corrected its story to inform us that Manafort actually wanted the polling data sent to two Ukrainian tycoons, Serhiy Lyovochkin and Rinat Akhmetov. That correction came long after viral tweets and articles from liberal outlets amplified the Times’ initial false claim about Deripaska.

Paul Manafort used to be a lobbyist for Russian banks, along with Hillary’s former campaign manager John Podesta. They actually worked at the same company and often worked together.

Let’s also keep in mind Manafort was fired 25% into the 2016 campaign so I don’t understand why it’s even relevant.

If you actually want to understand the “made up” Russian ties in detail feel free to read this which perfectly elucidates on the extent of the lies being fed to us about the Russia hoax.