Anders Aslund: Ukrainian oligarch could be missing link in Trump-Russia probe

Published May 19, 2017 at 10:48 am

Viktor Medvedchuk is chairman of the pro-Russian political organization Ukrainian Choice. Russia's president Vladimir Putin is the godfather of Medvedchuk's daughter.

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Of all the articles published on the Trump-Russia scandal, Reuters’ piece on May 18 is one of the most important. The article names Viktor Medvedchuk, a Ukrainian oligarch, as one of the Trump campaign’s contacts. He is likely to be the missing link in the Trump-Russia drama. Needless to say, Medvedchuk denied having any contact with anyone in the Trump campaign.