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Британский журналист Пол Вуд (на снимке - во время репортажа из Ирака) был первым, кто сообщил о существовании расследования Рашагейта.
Его новый репортаж также содержит сенсационную информацию: летом прошлого года, пытаясь добиться аудиенции Порошенко с Трампом, украинское правительство заплатило взятку Майклу Коэну в размере сотен тысяч долларов.
A high-ranking Ukrainian intelligence officer in Mr Poroshenko's administration described what happened before the visit to the White House.
Mr Cohen was brought in, he said, because Ukraine's registered lobbyists and embassy in Washington DC could get Mr Poroshenko little more than a brief photo-op with Mr Trump. Mr Poroshenko needed something that could be portrayed as "talks".
This senior official's account is as follows - Mr Poroshenko decided to establish a back channel to Mr Trump. The task was given to a former aide, who asked a loyal Ukrainian MP for help.
He in turn used personal contacts who attended a Jewish charity in New York state, Chabad of Port Washington. (A spokeman for the Chabad has asked us to make clear that officials there were not involved.)
This eventually led to Michael Cohen, the president's lawyer and trusted fixer. Mr Cohen was paid $400,000.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44215656
Вернувшись домой после встречи с Трампом, Порошенко распорядился прекратить украинское расследование Манафорта и сотрудничество с расследованием Мюллера.
Poroshenko ordered Ukraine’s top anti-corruption prosecutor tasked with probing corruption under former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to stop cooperating with Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s work in Ukraine and ties to Russia, according to two sources familiar with the request.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/05/ukraines-successful-courtship-of-trump/559526/
Надо думать, что поставка Джавелинов того стоила.
Среди других друзей Коэна обнаруживается Виктор Вексельберг и его двоюродный брат с американским гражданством.
“It was really a pleasure to meet you last night,” Mr. Intrater wrote in an email to Mr. Cohen the next day. “I learned a lot about the taxi business and the possibilities which are now out there. Maybe something interesting will emerge.”
Over the next year, the two men sat together at one of Mr. Trump’s inauguration dinners along with the oligarch, Viktor Vekselberg, one of the richest men in Russia; Mr. Intrater’s firm, Columbus Nova, signed Mr. Cohen to a $1 million consulting contract; and Mr. Cohen urged Mr. Intrater to attend Republican fund-raising events after the inauguration. <...>
Mr. Vekselberg met with Mr. Cohen multiple times, a person briefed on their discussions said. Although the purpose of those meetings is unclear, Mr. Vekselberg would have an interest in the administration’s stance on Russia.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/22/us/politics/michael-cohen-andrew-intrater.html
Информация продолжает капать и становится все более занимательной.
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Date: 2018-05-24 09:33 am (UTC)Under the deal reached with the New York attorney general’s office, the partner, Evgeny A. Freidman, a Russian immigrant who is known as the Taxi King, specifically agreed to assist government prosecutors in state or federal investigations, according to a person briefed on the matter.
The broadened scope of Mr. Freidman’s cooperation may prove worrisome not only to Mr. Cohen, who is the target of a continuing federal investigation, but also Mr. Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/22/nyregion/michael-cohen-trump-taxi-cooperation.html
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Date: 2018-05-24 01:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-05-24 06:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-05-25 06:41 pm (UTC)Eleven days before the presidential inauguration last year, a billionaire Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin visited Trump Tower in Manhattan to meet with Donald J. Trump’s personal lawyer and fixer, Michael D. Cohen, according to video footage and another person who attended the meeting.
In Mr. Cohen’s office on the 26th floor, he and the oligarch, Viktor Vekselberg, discussed a mutual desire to strengthen Russia’s relations with the United States under President Trump, according to Andrew Intrater, an American businessman who attended the meeting and invests money for Mr. Vekselberg. The men also arranged to see one another during the inauguration festivities, the second of their three meetings, Mr. Intrater said.
Days after the inauguration, Mr. Intrater’s private equity firm, Columbus Nova, awarded Mr. Cohen a $1 million consulting contract, a deal that has drawn the attention of federal authorities investigating Mr. Cohen, according to people briefed on the inquiry.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/25/us/politics/michael-cohen-viktor-vekselberg-trump-tower.html
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Date: 2018-05-25 07:02 pm (UTC)A massive hacking operation that’s co-opted more than 500,000 routers into a botnet looms over Ukraine, according to cybersecurity researchers and people familiar with the matter who spoke with CyberScoop.
Over the last several days, a combination of at least three groups — Cisco’s cybersecurity unit Talos, the non-profit information sharing group Cyber Threat Alliance (CTA) and U.S. law enforcement — have all been quietly notifying companies about what appears to be the early stages of a potentially expansive cyberattack against Ukraine.
The scheme carries indicators that suggests a Russian government-linked hacking group may be involved, but so far that connection is only tentative.
https://www.cyberscoop.com/vpnfilter-ukraine-talos-cyber-threat-alliance/