Politics
The shell company used by President Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen to pay off porn actress Stormy Daniels received about $500,000 last year from a business linked to a Russian billionaire who is close to President Vladimir Putin.
May 8, 2018
World & Nation
The U.S. government seized a yacht in Spain linked to Viktor Vekselberg, an oligarch with close ties to the Russian president.
April 4, 2022
Three weeks before the 2016 election, New York lawyer Michael Cohen filed paperwork in Delaware, known as a welcoming host for shell companies, to create the blandly named entity Essential Consultants LLC.
May 10, 2018
Business
Russia’s Rusal is buying rival Sual and assets of a Swiss trading firm in an acquisition that would supplant Alcoa.
Oct. 10, 2006
President Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen accused Stormy Daniels’ attorney Wednesday of improperly acquiring Cohen’s bank records and releasing false information about his finances in an attempt to discredit him.
May 9, 2018
Opinion
No man’s a hero to his valet. President Donald J. Trump is no exception.
July 20, 2018
Michael Cohen’s orchestration of an Essential Consultants payoff to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels was the first in a series of transactions that entangled him in a criminal investigation that threatens to yield fraud charges against President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer.
The U.S. has begun an aggressive new push to inflict pain on Russia’s economy and especially its oligarchs over the yearlong war in Ukraine.
March 13, 2023
Influence-peddling is an aspect of American politics that sends up a distinct odor.
Russia began to feel the pinch from the latest round of U.S. sanctions Monday as the ruble dropped nearly 2% against the dollar and stocks took their biggest drop since the world reacted to Moscow’s annexation of Crimea.
April 9, 2018