Emin Agalarov, Donald Trump and Aras Agalarov attend the red carpet at Miss Universe Pageant Competition 2013 on November 9, 2013 in Moscow, Russia.President Donald Trump has often claimed he has"nothing to do with Russia," but that's far from the truth.According to Trump's former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, the president's most recent attempt to break ground in Moscow was"Russia has never tried to use leverage over me," he tweeted in January 2017.
Trump's business ties to Russia jumped back into the spotlight this week, after his former longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, admitted that he lied to Congress about the extent of the Trump Organization's push to open a Trump Tower in Moscow during the 2016 election. They also said Cohen admitted to pursuing the deal as late as June 2016, after Trump became the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
Trump went back to Russia in 1996 and announced a plan to invest $250 million in Russian real estate and slap his name on two luxury residential buildings.
Don't forget defunct Trump org hotel project in Azerbaijan.