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Originally Posted by Dominic
wait, what???
Yes, that's an odd one. Alex Oronov appears to have died suddenly. A naturalised US citizen born in Ukraine, he was the business partner of Michael Cohen (Trump's attorney) and his brother Bryan Cohen, in an ethanol business in Ukraine. He was also Bryan's father-in-law.
He reportedly set up the meeting between Michael and the Ukrainian politician Andrey Artemenko (believed to be a Kremlin stooge) which resulted in the Kremlin-backed proposal for the ousting of the Ukrainian president (and his replacement by Artemenko) that landed on Mike Flynn's desk. (If you remember Mike Flynn. That seems a long time ago now, what with one thing and another.)
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/...e-plan-meeting
Oronov lived in one of Trump's buildings, Trump Hollywood -- that's Hollywood, FL, not CA.
The Guardian came up with this handy guide to Trump people's Russia contacts a few days ago.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...ampaign-moscow