Profile picture
Scott Stedman @ScottMStedman
, 6 tweets, 1 min read Read on Twitter
The year is 2014. Wilbur Ross is the Vice Chairman of the Bank of Cyprus. Two of the largest shareholders in the bank are Viktor Vekselberg (5.4%) and a Cypriot lawyer named Christodoulos Vassiliades (5.77%). All three of these people would reappear in Trump’s orbit in ‘16-‘17.
Ross of course is named as commerce secretary and is one of the few Trump appointees to have survived the first full 14 months of his presidency.
Vekselberg, through his cousin and close business partners, funnels huge sums of money to Trump’s inauguration and attends the event.
Vassiliades turns up when Trump attempts to build Trump Tower Moscow during the election. Vassiliades is the nominal owner of IC Expert - the development company in Moscow that Trump partnered with.
Vassiliades has acted as a shell for the richest Russians to hide their money. He didn’t actually own the shares in the Bank of Cyprus or IC Expert. He was holding them for someone who wanted to remain secret.
If Wilbur Ross hasn’t been interviewed by Mueller yet, I suspect it will happen soon. The cast of characters he worked alongside at the Bank of Cyprus is concerning to say the least.
Missing some Tweet in this thread?
You can try to force a refresh.

Like this thread? Get email updates or save it to PDF!

Subscribe to Scott Stedman
Profile picture

Get real-time email alerts when new unrolls are available from this author!

This content may be removed anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime, convert it as a PDF, save and print for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video

1) Follow Thread Reader App on Twitter so you can easily mention us!

2) Go to a Twitter thread (series of Tweets by the same owner) and mention us with a keyword "unroll" @threadreaderapp unroll

You can practice here first or read more on our help page!

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just three indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member and get exclusive features!

Premium member ($3.00/month or $30.00/year)

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!