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Rachel Roberts | Monday 6 March 2017 08:58 GMT |
Ukranian businessman with links to DonaldTrump and Russia dies in unexplainedcircumstancesAlex Oronov, who had family ties to President's lawyer, reportedlyorganised meeting aimed at helping give Russian President controlof Crimea
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A Ukranian-born millionaire businessman with links to Donald
Trump has reportedly died in unexplained circumstances.
Alex Oronov, a 69-year-old naturalised American citizen who
ran an agricultural business in his native Ukraine, died on 2
March, according to a Facebook post by Ukranian politician
Andrii Artemenko.
Mr Oronov is reported to have set up a secret meeting
between Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen – to
whom he had family ties - and Russian officials where a “peace
plan” is said to have been hatched to give Russian President
Vladimir Putin control of the Crimea.
Mr Cohen is understood to have an extensive network of
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in the ethanol business the lawyer’s brother, Bryan, set up in
Ukraine.
The “peace plan” meeting brought together Mr Artemenko,
Mr Cohen and Felix Sater, an American-Russian long-time
business associate of Mr Trump who is reported to have ties to
the Russian mafia.
Details of this meeting are believed to have ended up on the
desk of Michael Flynn, Mr Trump’s former security adviser
who was forced to resign last month over his alleged secret
dealings with Russian officials.
The New York Times – which Mr Trump has repeatedly
accused of producing “fake news” - reported the meeting
between Mr Artemenko, Mr Cohen and Mr Slater.
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In his lengthy Facebook post, Mr Artemenko describes himself
as a pawn in a diplomatic game and said the stress created by
the article and the negative attention that followed the article
was too much for Mr Oronov.
The post, written in Russian, translates loosely: “Yes, I’m
guilty... Alex Oronov, my partner, my friend, my mentor, Alex
was a family member of Michael Cohen. And he organised all
kinds of stuff, including an introduction and a meeting for me
with Michael Cohen.”
It adds: “Unfortunately, his heart could not endure it. He
died... Friend, your death will not have been in vain, nor will
the deaths of tens of thousands of Ukranians and
Russians, Alex Oronov, during this wild, undeclared war! Rest
in peace and forgive me if you can, as difficult as that may be!”
The Ukrainian MP points the finger of blame at “overexertion,
the nerves, from injustice, from suspicion, from sorrow of
misunderstanding”.
The remembrance website legacy.com has a listing for Alex
Oronov of New York, with dates that match those of the
businessman.
One friend and business associate has so far left a tribute on
the site, which reads: “Alex had a huge heart and he did a lot
for those who were part of his family and part of his company.”
Conspiracy theorists have pointed to a number of recent
deaths of Russian diplomats in the past four months.
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Russia’s permanent ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin,
died last month in New York after suddenly becoming ill on his
way to work the day before his 65th birthday.
It was initially reported he had suffered a heart attack but
an autopsy proved inconclusive.
The Russian Consul in Athens, Andrei Malanin, 55, was found
dead on the floor of his apartment in Greece in January. Greek
police said there was no evidence of a break-in and he was
believed to have died of natural causes.
Russia’s Ambassador to India, Alexander Kadakin, 67, was
reported to have died of heart failure in January after a “brief
illness” according to Indian media.
Russian diplomats keep dying unexpectedly
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New York on US election day.
According to BuzzFeed, Mr Krivov was initially said to have
fallen to his death following a suspected heart attack, but a
subsequent report from medical examiners was inconclusive.
Mr Krivov is believed to have been responsible for the security
of the consul from American intelligence, although he was
initially said to have been “a security guard”.
The Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, was
assassinated in Ankara by a policeman at a photography
exhibition on 19 December and another diplomat, Peter
Polshikov, was shot dead in his Moscow apartment on the
Senior Russian diplomat shot dead in flat in Moscow
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helping British spy Christopher Steele draft a dossier on
Donald Trump, was found dead in the back of his car last
Boxing Day.
Mr Erovinkin was also an aide to former deputy prime minister
Igor Sechin, who now heads up state-owned oil company
Rosneft and is said to have been named in the dossier.
His death was initially reported as a suspected murder – but
officials later claimed he had died of a heart attack.
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