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I posted many Michael Cohen / Trump Russia involvements before 2016
Here’s are my notes—
Cohen is a childhood friend of Felix Sater
Sater’s father was in the Mogilevich organized crime syndicate-Russia’s largest and most dangerous mob boss
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Here’s are my notes—
Cohen is a childhood friend of Felix SaterSater’s father was in the Mogilevich organized crime syndicate-Russia’s largest and most dangerous mob boss1/
Cohen’s uncle, Morton Levine’s social club, El Carib, was the headquarters of Russian organized crime in the U.S. Until the election, Cohen owned a stake in El Carib Cohen married a Ukrainian immigrant whose father got him into the taxi business2/
Cohen’s father in law had at least one conviction of money launderingCohen was a personal injury lawyer with mostly Ukrainian clientsCohen went from personal injury lawyer with mostly Ukrainian clients to the owner of a Moscow cab company3/
Cohen was in a casino boat business with mobsters-to Trump real estate investor-money launderer-Trump’s personal lawyer”Fima Shusterman, Cohen’s father-in-law was a silent business partner with Trump, and a conduit for Russian investors in Trump properties4/
Shusterman, who owned at least four New York taxi companies and set his son-in-law up in the yellow cab businessCohen ran 260 yellow cabs with his Ukrainian-born partner, the "taxi king" Simon GarberCohen's Shusterman in-laws Shusterman bought 3 units in Trump Tower5/
Cohen's father-in-law was funneling money into Trump ventures according to informants or NY Russian Mafiya “Red Star”Cohen was one of several attorneys who helped money launderers purchase apartments in a Trump Tower development in Sunny Isles Beach6/
Cohen joined the Trump Organization around the time that the second Sunny Isles tower was being builtCohen invested $1.5 million in a short-lived Miami-based casino boat venture run by his two Ukrainian business partners, Arkady Vaygensberg and Leonid Tatarchuk7/
Cohen’s casino boat business become the subject of a large fraud investigation but was bailed out by TrumpCohen and Felix Sater—
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During Trump's campaign Sater was shopping a deal to build a Trump World Tower in MoscowBetween Sept 2015 and Jan 2016, Sater tried to broker a deal for Moscow’s IC Expert Investment Company Sater worked for IC Expert's owner, Andrei Rozov, after he left Bayrock9/
Trump signed a letter of intent in October with IC Expert Investment for a Moscow hotel-condo with the option for a "Spa by Ivanka TrumpVTB, a Russian bank subject to U.S. sanctions was providing financing for Trump Tower Moscow10/
Sater's contact at the Trump Organization was his old friend, Trump's lawyer, Michael CohenShortly after Trump took office, Sater teamed up with Cohen to submit a Ukrainian peace plan to then national security advisor Michael Flynn11/
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/michael-cohens-ties-to-russia-crime-and-trump-w518941
Sater, Cohen, Flynn’s “Peace Plan” would open the door to lifting sanctions on Russia and subsequently VTB Bank (financing Trump Tower i.e. Moscow Project)Sater and Bayrock—
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Sater joined Bayrock, a real estate development company run by FSU (former Soviet Union) emigres in Trump TowerSater began working directly with Donald TrumpSater and Bayrock were supplying Trump with income when Trump’s business were failing13/
Michael Cohen’s contacts with Ukraine/RussiaFelix Sater
Paul Manafort
Michael Flynn
Steve Bannon
Sebastian Gorka
Steven Miller
Dmitry Peskov
Simon Garber
Evgeny Friedman
Leonid Tatarchuk
Arkady Vaygensberg
Ukrainian Capital Partners
Phillips Nizer
Bryan Cohen (brother)
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Cont’d
Cohen’s Russia Ukraine contact involvements
-Both Michael and Bryan’s wives are Ukrainian
-Grain Alliance (Ukrainian agriculture)
-Victor Topolov (money launderer)
-Semion Mogilevich-mobster
-Vyacheslav Ivankov-mobster
-Alex Oronov
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Cohen’s Russia Ukraine contact involvements
-Both Michael and Bryan’s wives are Ukrainian
-Grain Alliance (Ukrainian agriculture)
-Victor Topolov (money launderer)
-Semion Mogilevich-mobster
-Vyacheslav Ivankov-mobster
-Alex Oronov
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More—
-Oleg Deripaska
-Dmytro Firtash-gangster
-Tevfik Arif
-Aras Agalarov
-Andrii V. Artemenko
-J. D. Gordon
*J.D. Gordon, platform chairman, met with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the convention
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-Oleg Deripaska
-Dmytro Firtash-gangster
-Tevfik Arif
-Aras Agalarov
-Andrii V. Artemenko
-J. D. Gordon
*J.D. Gordon, platform chairman, met with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the convention
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Tidbit
Lawmaker Andriy Artemenko who held secret 'peace plan' meeting with Cohen, Sater, and Flynn has been stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship
https://amp.businessinsider.com/andrey-artemenko-michael-cohen-trump-ukraine-2017-5
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Lawmaker Andriy Artemenko who held secret 'peace plan' meeting with Cohen, Sater, and Flynn has been stripped of his Ukrainian citizenshiphttps://amp.businessinsider.com/andrey-artemenko-michael-cohen-trump-ukraine-2017-5
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Cohen—
Michael Cohen incorporated two entities: Ukrainian Capital Partners LP and Ukrainian Capital Growth Fund Corp
By the time Cohen entered Trump’s employ, Cohen, his relatives and partners had already purchased 11 Trump properties
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Michael Cohen incorporated two entities: Ukrainian Capital Partners LP and Ukrainian Capital Growth Fund CorpBy the time Cohen entered Trump’s employ, Cohen, his relatives and partners had already purchased 11 Trump properties19/
In addition to the Trump units, Cohen owns entire buildings around New York CityIn 2015, while working for Trump, he bought a $58 million apartment building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side20/
Cohen’s brother, brother’s father-in-law—
Cohen’s brother’s father-in-law is tied to Andrii Artemenko through business
Artemenko is/was closely tied to Topolov, the allegedly money-laundering Ukrainian politician in business with Oronov, Bryan Cohen’s father-in-law
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Cohen’s brother’s father-in-law is tied to Andrii Artemenko through businessArtemenko is/was closely tied to Topolov, the allegedly money-laundering Ukrainian politician in business with Oronov, Bryan Cohen’s father-in-law21/
Viktor Topolov is a wealthy Ukrainian closely associated with figures the FBI has identified as “well known” members of the Russian and Ukrainian underworld Topolov employed a mob enforcer closely associated with Mogilevich, Russia’s most powerful mob boss22/
Alex Oronov is Ukrainian billionaire businessman was Michael Cohen’s brother’s father-in-lawOronov died unexpectedly March 2017https://www.cre8noh8.org/tag/donald-trump-jr/
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2017/03/06/how-did-alex-oronov-die-and-why-does-it-matter/
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Oronov set up a Jan 2017 meeting between Cohen and Russian officials to discuss “peace plan” between Russia and Ukraine that would have formalized Putin’s control over CrimeaThe Peace Plan was hand-delivered to Michael Flynn prior to his forced resignation24/
The “peace plan” meeting brought together Mr Artemenko, Mr Cohen and Felix Sater—American-Russian long-time business associate of Mr Trump who is reported to have ties to the Russian mafiaArtemenko, Cohen, and Felix Sater met at the Loews Hotel, NYC late January 201725/
Artemenko claimed to have evidence — “names of companies, wire transfers” — showing corruption by the Ukrainian president, Petro O. Poroshenko, that could help oust himThe Peace Plan would also relieve sanctions against Russia’s VEB Bank financing Trump Moscow Project26/
Sergey Gorkov of VEB Bank met at least once with Kushner and Sergey Kislyak about sanctionsVneshEconomBank Russian government-owned has been under U.S. sanctions since July 2014Note-Gorkov has been ousted from VEBKislyak also gonehttps://amp.ft.com/content/4192386c-5f43-11e8-9334-2218e7146b04
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Sources—
https://www.cre8noh8.org/tag/donald-trump-jr/
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/05/trump-lawyers-up-conflicts-of-interest/526185/
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/19/us/politics/donald-trump-ukraine-russia.html
https://amp.businessinsider.com/andrey-artemenko-michael-cohen-trump-ukraine-2017-5
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/michael-cohens-ties-to-russia-crime-and-trump-w518941
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/good-grief-cohens-gets-mobbier-the-closer-i-look
https://www.cre8noh8.org/tag/donald-trump-jr/
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/05/trump-lawyers-up-conflicts-of-interest/526185/
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/19/us/politics/donald-trump-ukraine-russia.html
https://amp.businessinsider.com/andrey-artemenko-michael-cohen-trump-ukraine-2017-5
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/michael-cohens-ties-to-russia-crime-and-trump-w518941
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/good-grief-cohens-gets-mobbier-the-closer-i-look
Cohen and Sater—
Cohen and Sater are childhood acquaintances who entered the Trump orbit at the same time, circa 2000-2001
Cohen made an extraordinary string of Trump property purchases
Sater moved into business in Trump Tower
https://whowhatwhy.org/2017/09/18/spotlight-michael-cohen-trumps-mysterious-lawyer-deep-ukraine-ties/
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Cohen and Sater are childhood acquaintances who entered the Trump orbit at the same time, circa 2000-2001Cohen made an extraordinary string of Trump property purchasesSater moved into business in Trump Towerhttps://whowhatwhy.org/2017/09/18/spotlight-michael-cohen-trumps-mysterious-lawyer-deep-ukraine-ties/
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Felix Sater—Trump’s associate and Cohen’s close partner in the Trump Moscow Project and Peace Plan to relieve Russia sanctions so the project can go forward Trump associate received more than $21M in Kazakh oligarchs' money laundering schemehttp://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/trump-associate-received-21m-alleged-oligarch-scheme-article-1.3953189
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2005 Sater, appears as Trump’s Russian agentSater is a childhood friend of CohenIn 2006, Sater traveled to Moscow again with Donald Jr. and IvankaSater arranged for Ivanka to sit in Putin’s private chair at his desk and office in the Kremlin https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-putin-chair-ivanka-russia-email-felix-sater-sitting-deal-private-seat-a7918566.html?amp
Sater, Cohen, Trump, Sergei Millian, and the Russian American Chamber of Commerce—
Sater worked for Bayrock
Trump invited Bayrock’s Siarhei Kukuts aka Sergei Millian to a horse race in Miami
In 2006, Millian founded the Russian-American Chamber of Commerce (RACC)
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Sater worked for BayrockTrump invited Bayrock’s Siarhei Kukuts aka Sergei Millian to a horse race in Miami In 2006, Millian founded the Russian-American Chamber of Commerce (RACC)31/
In 2009, RACC appealed to the US Congress “to foster necessary political changes to produce a healthier economic environment” and to grant permanent normal trade relations status to Russia Millian said, “we (Trump and Millian) met at his office in New York32/
Millian quote...“We (Trump and Millian) met at his office in New York, where he introduced me to his right-hand man—Michael Cohen. He is Trump’s main lawyer, all contracts go through him”
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Another Cohen tidbit
Michael Cohen bought a $6.7 million apartment from Trump friends the same month that he was raided by the FBI
https://www.newsweek.com/michael-cohen-million-dollar-apartment-fbi-raid-1024190
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Michael Cohen bought a $6.7 million apartment from Trump friends the same month that he was raided by the FBI
https://www.newsweek.com/michael-cohen-million-dollar-apartment-fbi-raid-1024190
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