Trump Signs Letter of Intent for $1 Billion Moscow Tower While Running for President

| Importance: 6/10 | Status: confirmed

Trump personally signed Letter of Intent for Trump Tower Moscow project valued at over $1 billion while publicly denying Russian business dealings during campaign. Michael Cohen told Mueller investigators that Trump viewed his campaign as a significant “infomercial” for Trump-branded properties. Financing involved attempts through VTB Group (state-owned Russian bank) and Genbank (owned by convicted fraudster Yevgeny Dvoskin operating in Russian-annexed Crimea). Felix Sater promised “I can get Putin to praise Trump’s business acumen” and “We can own this election.”

Key Actors

Donald Trump Michael Cohen Felix Sater VTB Group Yevgeny Dvoskin Vladimir Putin

Tags

trump-tower-moscow foreign-influence campaign-finance monetization russian-connections kleptocracy

Sources (3)

Help Improve This Timeline

Found an error or have additional information? You can help improve this event.

✏️ Edit This Event ➕ Suggest New Event

Edit: Opens GitHub editor to submit corrections or improvements via pull request.
Suggest: Opens a GitHub issue to propose a new event for the timeline.