Forbes - USA (2019-06-30)

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the mob from Wall Street’s penny stock business.
Former FBI official Ray Kerr adds: “There was
nothing he wouldn’t do or wouldn’t try.”
At the same time that he was serving as a
federal informant, Sater reinvented himself as a
real estate dealmaker. It was in that role that he
ended up working with the Trump Organization,
on projects in Arizona, Florida, New York and,
ultimately, Russia. For the Moscow effort, Sater
served as both broker and dealmaker. His friend
Andrey Rozov, who did not respond to our
request for comment, was officially the local
developer in Russia, but Sater says he expected a
cut for himself as well. Trump signed the letter of
WITH DONALD TRUMP ON ONE
END AND VLADIMIR PUTIN ON
THE OTHER, THE WEB OF PEOPLE
INVOLVED IN TRUMP’S PLANS FOR
MOSCOW INCLUDED MEMBERS OF
THE FIRST FAMILY, OLIGARCHS AND
RUSSIAN OFFICIALS.
WHO’S WHO IN
TOWERGATE
Andrey Rozov
Giorgi Rtskhiladze
International
businessman
Sergei Sobyanin
Mayor of Moscow
VTB Bank
Sanctioned Russian
bank
Genbank
Crimea-based bank
Russian
Government
Vladimir Putin
President of Russia
Andrey Molchanov
Russian tycoon
Boris Rotenberg
Russian billionaire
Arkady Rotenberg
Russian billionaire
Dmitry
Peskov
Russian
official
Signed deal
for Trump
Moscow with
Works closely with
Passed along
letter to Trump
Organization
intended for
Ally to
Received
major
contracts
from
Led by
Majority
owned by
Oligarch
sanctioned for
close ties to
Received billions in
contracts thanks to
Sanctioned in
response to
aggression by
Boasted (apparently
falsely) of invitation to
Russia from
Discussed
Trump
Moscow with
assistant to
Press
Secretary
of
Friend and
business
associate of
Worked
on Trump
Moscow
with
Sanctioned childhood judo
partner of
Considered
financing
from
Received
invitation to
Recieved Russia from
$580 mil of
World Cup
contracts
thanks to
Felix Sater
Real estate dealmaker
Had plan to
raise equity
from
Discussed possible
site for Trump
Moscow with
SOURCES: MUELLER REPORT, FORBES RESEARCH