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US firm that gave cash to Michael Cohen helped secure millions for Putin-linked oligarch

A company that paid Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s legal fixer, was also involved in securing hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for a Russian oligarch from a bank with ties to Russia’s intelligence services.

Columbus Nova, an investment firm based in New York, confirmed earlier this month that it paid Cohen half a million dollarsin consulting fees. The company is the US affiliate of Renova Group, a Moscow-based corporation owned by Viktor Vekselberg, one of Russia’s richest men.

Records reviewed by the Guardian show that American investment vehicles managed for Vekselberg by Columbus Nova were used to secure $450m in loans that Vekselberg took from the Russian state-controlled VTB Bank.
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cerebus said:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44215656

Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, received a secret payment of at least $400,000 (£300,000) to fix talks between the Ukrainian president and President Trump, according to sources in Kiev close to those involved.
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Lol the irony. We all know the puppet government installed by Obama in Ukraine is corrupt.
 
rietrot said:
Yes just like that. Wtf. How old are you 12 or 82?
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Trump cancels nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

President Trump on Thursday canceled a planned summit next month with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, citing “tremendous anger and open hostility” from the rogue nation in a letter explaining his abrupt decision.

“I feel it is inappropriate, at this time, to have this long-planned meeting,” Trump said to Kim in a letter released by the White House on Thursday morning.

The summit had been planned for June 12 in Singapore.

South Korea’s government seemed blindsided by Trump’s announcement.

“We are attempting to make sense of what, precisely, President Trump means,” said government spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom.

In his letter, Trump held open the possibility that the two leaders could meet at a later date to discuss denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, which Trump has been pushing.
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In reaction to the cancelled summit, Sen. Bob Menendez (N.J.), the top Democrat on committee, admonished the Trump administration for a “lack of deep preparation.”

“It’s pretty amazing that the administration might be shocked that North Korea is acting as North Korea might normally act,” he said.

Menendez also questioned why U.S. officials repeatedly raised the prospect of the “Libya model” as a roadmap for denuclearization the Korean Peninsula.

“I’m not sure that constantly quoting the Libya model is the diplomatic way to try to get to the results that we try to seek in North Korea,” he said.
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This band of dummies...
 
buka001 said:
Trump had no option but to cancel this summit.

He blindly went into it thinking he would get a Nobel Peace Prize. When he began to see the details it became clear he was in over his head and was due for some very embarrassing blow back from NK at this summit.

This was to save what ever face he has left.
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No, the USA made it clear. NK must come to the table willing to denuclearize 100% or there are no talks.
 
Devviem said:
No, the USA made it clear. NK must come to the table willing to denuclearize 100% or there are no talks.
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Sounds like the stable genius and his stable genius team should have made their requests crystal clear before scheduling talks and heralding themselves as saviors.
 
Devviem said:
No, the USA made it clear. NK must come to the table willing to denuclearize 100% or there are no talks.
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You and Trump clearly never read NK's statements prior to Trump agreeing to the meeting.

Nowhere did they say that it was on the table. Everyone has been saying this and noting that Trump obviously missed that point.

Seems like you did too.
 
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