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At House Intel hearing on Putin's playbook @RepSpeier asked about Austria's Raiffeisen Bank & Russia - Raiffeisen funded Trump Toronto deal w/$310 mil & never pursued repayment

Heather Conley from @CSIS noted how often Austrian banks & energy cos appeared in research on Russia
Most reporting onTrump's Toronto deal focused on loan made to Trump's partner Alex Shnaider by VEB, but in June 2017 I noted initial funding for Trump Toronto was from Raiffeisen RZB which did significant business w/Dmitry Firtash (& reportedly Mogilevich)
Here's @RepSpeier asking about Austria's Raiffeisen Bank & Russia - and pointing out that Raiffeisen funded Trump Toronto deal w/$310 mil & Raiffeisen didn't pursue repayment (RZB did very few deals in North America, and loan terms were very unusual)
Opening statement from Heather Conley w/@CSIS from today's House Intel hearing on Putin's playbook w/recommendations to elevate threat of money laundering, increase beneficial ownership transparency, leverage Magnitsky act and coordinate more with allies.
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This is a great Oct 2017 story on Trump Toronto deal where everyone lost except Trump

Raiffeisen funded $310mil (Canadian), extended repayment deadline 12 times & 9 yrs after Trump partner Shnaider's firm Talon defaulted they still owed Raiffeisen $301mil
thestar.com/news/world/201…
The debt for Trump Toronto was bought from Raiffeisen by JCF Capital and per this story (behind paywall) sources said Raiffeisen "was willing to sell the loan to a potential buyer for $180-million to $200-million" - a loss of 1/3 of the amount still owed
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