Thread by @zymara

Here’s a loose but weird connection between trump & VTB that probably means absolutely NOTHING. I’m not good at this sleuthing thing, just playing at connecting some dots.

Deutsche Bank in 2016 Raced to Shed Loan Made to Russian Bank VTB - WSJ

wsj.com/articles/deuts…

“Felix Sater ... repeatedly told ... Michael Cohen during the 2016 campaign that he’d received assurances from Russian business associates with ties to the government that VTB was willing to finance a deal for a Trump Tower in Moscow.”

So VTB bank pops up many times in different threads of the TrumpRussia tapestry. But we know they were supposedly lined up to finance TTM even tho they were sanctioned.

Switching gears, @TrueFactsStated found out that Mar-a-Lago’s WiFi is unsecured & is accessible from water...

Mar-a-Lago’s (and TrumpOrg’s) WiFi solutions provider is a company called Cloud4Wi. Cloud4Wi has an eclectic mix of customers with a few standouts if you’ve been paying attention to TrumpRussia.

First up we have Alfa Bank, known for mysterious communications with Trump Tower servers prior to the 2016 election.

Next is St. Petersburg, home of the Russian troll factory, the Internet Research Agency, which probably really does mean nothing but just happens to be an interesting coincidence pit stop along the way.

Okay, next is Lukoil, which is an odd one, I’d even forgotten about their connection to Cambridge Analytica/SCL (cont).

“Lukoil was interested in how data was used to target American voters, according to two former company insiders who said there were at least three meetings with Lukoil executives in London and Turkey.”

nytimes.com/2018/03/17/us/…

Why was Lukoil asking Cambridge Analytica how to target American voters with political messaging?

Moving on to the last of Cloud4Wi’s mildly interesting but tangential clients is The Cordish Companies. One of the principals, Reed Cordish, went on to serve as Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental and Technology Initiatives.

Okay, maybe not so interesting? 🤷‍♀️

And finally, full circle, we come to VTB24, formerly a subsidiary of VTB but now fully integrated into VTB bank in 2018.

Is it just a coincidence that Trump Org and VTB share WiFi providers? WiFi seems harmless enough, tho, but are there more services being provided by Cloud4Wi?

Could there be anything hinky going on in these business relationships and/or services? Probably not.

But there sure are interesting entries in that client listing ... 🧐🤔

https://twitter.com/marypatflynn1/status/1080857811444269056?s=21

Just in case you needed a little more Russia 🇷🇺 to go with your TrumpRussia:

https://twitter.com/kelly2277/status/1079517233162960896?s=21