Sep. 1—Sid Daoud had a normal start to his day on Friday, Aug. 9. He went to work, not expecting a night of political coaxing. When a plane arrived in Kalispell that afternoon to fly the Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate to Bozeman to meet with Senate Republican hopeful Tim Sheehy and former President Donald Trump ahead of a rally, Daoud said that he was confused, but excited to talk about ...
https://www.newsweek.com/jill-stein-ties-vladimir-putin-explained-1842620
TLDR: It was an event for Russia Today an effective arm of the Russian government which was very supportive of Steins candidacy because of her potential as a spoiler and Putin only gave a speech to the group didn’t strategize with her personally (at that juncture).
How is this less damning
It literally explained why she was there. But if you wanna think she is getting paid by him, go ahead. I mean, it doesn’t hurt my feelings for you to think that.