Cohen (and President Donald Trump) have insisted for more than a year that the Trump Organization has had no business dealings in Russia. The statement reveals that in 2015 and 2016, Cohen was pursuing a deal to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. Sater said he could lasso a Russian partner for the proposed Moscow deal, and he pursued one with customary brio. The Trump Moscow project was a proposal that came to me through Felix from a Russian real estate developer. By his account, he wanted to find whether the Russian government had authorized the Moscow tower.

Source: Huffington Post August 30, 2017 22:16 UTC