Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe AP stands by its reporting, spokeswoman Lauren Easton said. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyDeripaska is one of Russia's wealthiest men. The effort, Manafort wrote, "will be offering a great service that can re-focus, both internally and externally, the policies of the Putin government." Manafort and Deripaska had a falling out laid bare in 2014 in a Cayman Islands court. Early in the 2016 presidential campaign, Deripaska's representatives openly accused Manafort of fraud and pledged to recover the money from him.

Source: New York Times March 28, 2017 19:07 UTC