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Robert Mueller Examining Payments from Putin-Allied Oligarch to Michael Cohen
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Robert Mueller’s team has questioned a Russian oligarch close to Vladimir Putin about large payments he made to Trump attorney Michael Cohen, and the Trump inaugural fund and campaign.
CNN reports: “Viktor Vekselberg, chairman of asset manager Renova Group, is an oligarch close to Vladimir Putin, and last month the Trump administration placed him on a list of sanctioned Russians for activities including election interference. The purpose of the payments, which predate the sanctions, and the nature of the business relationship between Vekselberg and Cohen is unclear…The questions asked of Vekselberg suggest that Mueller investigators have been examining some of Cohen’s business relationships as part of the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.”
The oligarchs questioned by the FBI were stopped and questioned at the airport earlier this year.
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