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Trump is seen in video at Dec 1995 meeting with Yuri Luzhkov, corrupt mayor of Moscow 1992-2010

Coincidentally around 2002 Luzhkov appointed Sergei Polonsky as advisor - Polonsky later founded Mirax, a co Felix Sater advised & was director w/Trump Moscow developer Andrey Rozov
This 2006 NYT story describes how Yuri Luzhkov made Sergei Polonsky an advisor when he was around 30

As Luzhkov developed Moscow City - Polonsky's firm Mirax won the bid to build Moscow’s first modern skyscraper, the Federation Tower
nytimes.com/2006/09/10/rea…
Polonsky would later be charged with embezzlement and fraud and flee to Cambodia where he was arrested

But in 2006, NYT reported Polonsky enjoyed playing a parlor game Mafia "as a kind of instructive corporate bonding" and the reminder "it's just a game"
nytimes.com/2006/09/10/rea…
In 2009 Mirax largest creditor was Alfa Bank and Alfa went to court to prevent Mirax assets from being sold

By 2012 a restructuring of Mirax by Alfa and other creditors was completed and the Mirax Group name was changed to Potok
trcw.ru/en/articles/de…
Several of the projects Felix Sater listed on his bio including Cornwall Terrace and Blackfriars in London were real estate investment deals pursued by Mirax
myspace.com/felixsater/bio
Here's more on Trump's 1996 discussions with Yuri Luzhkov, Howard Lorber and Ben LeBow about a Trump Tower Moscow
Here's more on Yuri Luzhkov's mafia connections, including to Vyacheslav Ivankov who was a resident of Trump Tower
No story about a Trump deal with mafia-connected people would be complete without a cameo by Giuliani

As @ZarinaZabrisky reported, in 2004 Giuliani visited Luzhkov in Moscow

Luzhkov's wife Elena Baturina is Russia's richest woman - with estimated $1.2 billion - she made most of her fortune as Chairwoman of Inteco Management through selling cement while Luzhkov was Moscow Mayor - she now lives in London
forbes.com/profile/elena-…
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