Dancing Oligarchs: Trump, Florida and the Russians

For more on Felix Sater and Trump SoHo New York Times: Donald Trump settled a real estate lawsuit and a criminal case was closed    Los Angeles Times: Trump business associate led double life as FBI informant — and more, he says BuzzFeed News: How a player In the Trump-Russia scandal led a double life as an American spy NPR: Trump SoHo: A shiny hotel wrapped in glass, but hiding mysteries Harvard Political Review: A tale of two Russias For more on Iceland condo hotel money, Russians and jailed bankers Bloomberg: Hey, Mueller, you should check out Iceland Time: Why Russia is bailing out Iceland The Telegraph (Britain): Donald Trump signed off deal designed to deprive US of tens of millions of dollars in tax Sigrún Davíðsdóttir Icelog: Iceland, Russia and Bayrock – some facts, less fiction For more on the failed Trump Fort Lauderdale condo project: Miami Herald: Failed Donald Trump tower thrust into GOP campaign for presidency (with video and portion of 2013 Trump deposition) Lawsuit brought by prospective buyers: Second amended complaint YouTube: Wyclef Jean entertains at announcement of Fort Lauderdale project Looking for book-length reading? Craig Unger: “House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia” https://www.amazon.com/House-Trump-Putin-Untold-Russian/dp/152474350X David Cay Johnston: “The Making of Donald Trump” https://www.amazon.com/Making-Donald-Trump-David-Johnston/dp/1612196322 Salvatore Lauria: “The Scorpion and the Frog” https://www.amazon.com/Scorpion-Frog-High-Times-Crimes/dp/1893224260

For more on Felix Sater and Trump SoHo New York Times: Donald Trump settled a real estate lawsuit and a criminal case was closed    Los Angeles Times: Trump business associate led double life as FBI informant — and more, he says BuzzFeed News: How a player In the Trump-Russia scandal led a double life as an American spy NPR: Trump SoHo: A shiny hotel wrapped in glass, but hiding mysteries Harvard Political Review: A tale of two Russias For more on Iceland condo hotel money, Russians and jailed bankers Bloomberg: Hey, Mueller, you should check out Iceland Time: Why Russia is bailing out Iceland The Telegraph (Britain): Donald Trump signed off deal designed to deprive US of tens of millions of dollars in tax Sigrún Davíðsdóttir Icelog: Iceland, Russia and Bayrock – some facts, less fiction For more on the failed Trump Fort Lauderdale condo project: Miami Herald: Failed Donald Trump tower thrust into GOP campaign for presidency (with video and portion of 2013 Trump deposition) Lawsuit brought by prospective buyers: Second amended complaint YouTube: Wyclef Jean entertains at announcement of Fort Lauderdale project Looking for book-length reading? Craig Unger: “House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia” https://www.amazon.com/House-Trump-Putin-Untold-Russian/dp/152474350X David Cay Johnston: “The Making of Donald Trump” https://www.amazon.com/Making-Donald-Trump-David-Johnston/dp/1612196322 Salvatore Lauria: “The Scorpion and the Frog” https://www.amazon.com/Scorpion-Frog-High-Times-Crimes/dp/1893224260

For more on Mar a Lago Palm Beach Post: Mar-a-Lago through the years in photos Palm Beach Post: Trump's Mar-a-Lago tax deal veiled from IRS review Vanity Fair: How Donald Trump beat Palm Beach society and won the fight for Mar-a-Lago For more on Tamir Sapir: Georgian Journal: Georgian businessman's Hollywood story from taxi driver to billionaire The New York Times: $40 Million buys ex-cabby his own corner of 5th Avenue The New York Times: Brass knuckles over 2 Broadway: MTA and landlord fight it out over rent and renovations The Observer: Billionaire Tamir Sapir failed to notice that $200,000 worth of silver champagne buckets had been stolen from his Long Island mansion The New York Post: The Crass Menagerie For more on Sam Kislin: The Moscow Times: The case of the vanishing chicken The New York Times: Same chicken in every plot? Two accused of reselling poultry The Associated Press: Giuliani contributor denies mob ties Forum Daily.com: American associated with Trump will sue Ukraine New York Post: Pols hail mob-tied Russian Moscow News: Snowflakes the size of human heads

For more on Lev Leviev and Afrika Israel The Times of Israel: Diamond smuggling scandal spotlights shadowy Israeli tycoon Lev Leviev Haaretz: Who is Lev Leviev, the Israeli billionaire with ties to Jared Kushner and Putin? For more on the Moscow hotel Yahoo Finance: 'Country bumpkins:' Five business problems with Trump’s Russia project The Mueller report: Special counsel's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election, Trump Tower Moscow project, Pages 67-76 For viewpoints on the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting The Guardian: Rob Goldstone on Trump: 'I think he likes Russia because Russia liked him' The Observer: Emin Agalarov gets candid about geopolitical trolling and Trump Tower Moscow For more on the Magnitsky Act The Atlantic: Why does the Kremlin care so much about the Magnitsky Act? NPR: What really irritates Vladimir Putin? The Magnitsky Act

For more on Dmitry Rybololev, the Donald Trump mansion, flight paths and a disappeared da Vinci Palm Beach Post: Trump in Palm Beach: Did Russian mansion buyer make money? Trump in Palm Beach: Why did Russian pay so much for his mansion? Russian oligarch responds to Trump airport connection Yachts of Trump financial backer, Russian oligarch seen close together McClatchyDC: Trump, Russian billionaire say they’ve never met, but their jets did — in Charlotte Russian billionaire says it was ‘pure coincidence’ his jet twice shadowed Trump’s New York Times: In hard times, Russia tries to reclaim industries Fox News: Leonardo Da Vinci’s $450M painting of Jesus Christ set for Abu Dhabi museum missing: report

For more on Russians, the Bank of Cyprus and Wilbur Ross Amazon.com: This giant beast that is the global economy: Episode 1 International Consortium for Investigative Journalists: Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross benefits from business ties to Putin’s inner circle The Guardian: Trump's commerce secretary oversaw Russia deal while at Bank of Cyprus The National Herald (Greece): Cyprus is on track to receive next bailout installment New York Times: New commerce secretary was no friend to Russians at Cyprus Bank For more on Deutsche Bank, mirror trades and Josef Ackerman Bloomberg: How ‘mirror trades’ moved billions from Russia Bloomberg: Wall Street nemesis joins House panel’s Deutsche Bank probe International Business Times: Vladimir Putin's aides, including Rotenbergs, may have benefited from Deutsche Bank trades: Report der Spiegel: How a pillar of German banking lost its way U.S Department of Justice: Deutsche Bank mirror trade indictment