Senior Trump aides met with an opposition politician from Ukraine in New York
- Tom Hamburger, Rosalind S Helderman Washington DC
President Trump’s personal lawyer and a former business associate met privately in New York City last month with a member of the Ukrainian parliament to discuss a peace plan for that country that could give Russia long-term control over territory it seized in 2014 and lead to the lifting of sanctions against Moscow.
The meeting with Andrii V. Artemenko, the Ukrainian politician, involved Michael Cohen, a Trump Organisation lawyer since 2007, and Felix Sater, a former business partner who worked on real estate projects with Trump’s company.
The occurrence of the meeting, first reported Sunday by the New York Times, suggests that some in the region aligned with Russia have been seeking to use Trump business associates as an informal conduit to a new president who has signaled a desire to forge warmer relations with Russia. ,…
MORE: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-russia-sanctions-secret-plan-ukraine-michael-cohen-a7590441.html
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