Final report on Russia's intervention in the US elections: events, participants and partners

More than two years have passed since the inception of the charges and the constant exposure of ties between the associates of President Donald Trump and Russia. New York Times described the main findings and directions of the investigation, which Robert Mueller, a special prosecutor who was investigating Russia's interference in the US elections in 2016, did.

The investigation revealed a number of events related to Russia's intervention and the 2016 elections of the year.

Hacking by Russian hackers and posting on WikiLeaks

As part of a comprehensive attempt to sabotage the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump’s rivals in 2016, Russia's top military intelligence broke into the Democratic computer networks and Clinton’s personal email account. The stolen documents were widely publicized after they appeared on WikiLeaks, according to Muller’s indictment. In this case, only Russians were charged.

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Manipulations in social networks

The Russian government created a network of Internet trolls that used fake social media accounts to manipulate the opinions of potential voters and influence the elections, a special prosecutor established.

Trump Tower in Moscow

Trump and other leaders of the Trump Organization during the 2016 presidential campaign of the year participated in the negotiations on construction Trump Tower in Moscow. During the campaign, Trump repeatedly denied the existence of any business interests in Russia, but has since acknowledged that such discussions did exist.

Meeting at the Trump Tower with the Russians

Donald Trump Jr. agreed to meet with a Kremlin-related lawyer after he was informed that the Russian government wanted share compromising information about presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. After the publication of The New York Times revealed the fact of the meeting, the Trump team told about this meeting, which, according to them, did not lead to any results.

Contacts with Russians

The publication claims that Trump and over a dozen of his partners had more than 100 contacts with Russian citizens and representatives WikiLeaks or their intermediaries during the campaign and the transition period. They included numerous proposals for providing incriminating facts regarding Hillary Klint, attempts to organize a meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. At least 10 people from Trump's campaign headquarters knew about these interactions, but didn’t take part in them themselves.

Russian sanctions

Several people close to Trump took part in the discussion of lifting the sanctions on Russia. Paul Manafort, the former head of the Trump campaign, repeatedly talked with a Russian business partner about a plan to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, which could lead to a weakening of the sanctions. Michael Cohen, a longtime personal lawyer to the president, sent a sealed proposal to the office of Michael Flynn, the first national security adviser to the president, for the same purpose. Flynn also spoke about sanctions with the Russian ambassador.

Other foreign contacts

Other foreign officials also offered help in the Trump campaign. The leaders of two Arab countries sought to help Trump win the election. An Israeli company was asked to submit a proposal to use social media influence to help defeat Clinton. And an informal adviser to the Trump team during the presidential transition took part in a meeting in Seychelles, which was convened by the Crown Prince of the United Arab Emirates.

Investigation of obstruction of justice

Trump’s public and private criticism of the investigation has led him to be accused of trying to obstruct justice. Among the accusations made in his address: pressure on the FBI director James Komi to put an end to the bureau's investigation against Mr. Flynn; the dismissal of Komi and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, as well as an attempt to dismiss Muller.

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Other charges

Manafort and his longtime business partner Rick Gates received a term for fraud and other crimes related to their work for pro-Russian Ukrainian politicians before the Trump campaign. Manafort was also charged with forgery of witnesses.

The six people associated with Trump were charged. Five were convicted or convicted.

Michael Flynn

Trump's former national security adviser pleaded guilty in a lie FBI about the conversations he had with the Russian ambassador.

Michael cohen

Trump's former attorney pleaded guilty in a lie Congress on the negotiations on the construction of the Trump Tower in Moscow during the 2016 presidential campaign of the year. He also received a deadline in another investigation related to the cash payments he made on behalf of Trump.

Roger Stone Jr.

Trump's longtime friend and adviser, Stone, was accused of lying to Congress about his attempts to contact WikiLeaks.

Paul Manafort

Longtime Republican consultant and lobbyist Manafort participated in the Trump campaign from March to August 2016, including three months he was the chairman of his candidate headquarters. He received a term for financial fraud and conspiracy because of his work in Ukraine. He also had several contacts during the campaign with his Russian partner, who is believed to have been associated with Russian intelligence.

Rick Gates

Gates, Trump's deputy chairman of staff, was Paul Manafort’s “right hand” in Ukraine. He agreed to cooperate with the investigation after pleading guilty to financial fraud and lying to investigators.

George Papadopoulos

Former adviser to the Trump campaign, who has repeatedly spoken with the Russians. He pleaded guilty to FBI lies about his contacts.

Twenty-eight others - including Russians 26 - were also charged.

Alex van der Zwaan

The lawyer, who worked with Manafort and Gates, pleaded guilty to lying to investigators about working for the pro-Russian Ukrainian political party.

Konstantin Kilimnik

A longtime business partner of Paul Manafort, who had several contacts with him while he led the Trump campaign. He was accused of conspiring with Manaforte to obstruct justice, trying to influence the witnesses in the case of Manafor.

Richard Pinedo

A California resident who sold fake bank accounts and was an unwitting participant in the Russian influence scheme on the 2016 election of the year.

Twelve Russian intelligence officers

They are accused of breaking into the computer networks of the Democratic Parties and Hillary Clinton’s personal mailbox, as well as publishing thousands of stolen emails via WikiLeaks.

Thirteen Russian citizens

They are accused of manipulating social networks to undermine the 2016 election of the year and help Trump's campaign.

Dozens of others involved in the investigation, including representatives of the election campaign and the Trump administration, members of his family, Trump Organization leaders and members of the Trump legal team.

Donald Trump, Jr.

The eldest son of the president made a famous meeting with the Russians in the Trump Tower. He also exchanged personal messages with WikiLeaks and knew about the negotiations on the construction of the Trump tower in Moscow.

Ivanka Trump

Michael Cohen said he informed Trump’s daughter and eldest son about the Trump Tower project in Moscow. A Russian woman also contacted her, whose husband offered to help Ivanka’s father with the development of a separate real estate project in Moscow.

Jared Kushner

As a high-ranking campaign official, Trump's son-in-law attended the meeting with the Russians at the Trump Tower in New York. As a senior adviser, Kouchner met with the Russian ambassador and discussed how to establish contact with Moscow during the transition period. He also met with a Russian banker close to Putin, in an attempt to establish a direct connection with the Russian president.

Hope Hicks

Hicks participated in giving false testimony about a meeting of Trump Headquarters representatives with the Russians at the Trump Tower in 2016, organized by Donald Trump Jr.

James comi

The former director of the FBI, who claimed that Trump had forced him to stop investigating Michael Flynn.

Rod Rosenstein

The Deputy Prosecutor General appointed a special prosecutor to investigate Russia's interference in the elections.

Robert Muller III

A special prosecutor investigating Russia's interference in the election of 2016 of the year and possible collusion of the Russians with the Trump campaign.

Alan Garten

General Counsel for the Trump Organization, who participated in the drafting of a statement about the meeting with the Russians at the Trump Tower in 2016, organized by Donald Trump Jr.

Stephen Bannon

The former campaign chairman and chief strategist of the White House sent an email to Roger Stone Jr. in October 2016 of the year to get acquainted with WikiLeaks' plans to publish documents that could harm the Clinton campaign.

Rick Dearborn

The consultant of the campaign, to whom the Russian mediator has requested to organize feedback between Trump and Putin.

Donald McGan II

Former White House lawyer threatened to leave after Trump asked him to dismiss Muller.

Jeff Seshns

A few weeks after he was confirmed as the Prosecutor General, the former senator refused any investigation into Russian interference in the elections.

Carter Page

Russian intelligence officials tried to recruit Page, the foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign of 2016, in 2013. During this campaign, Page made a speech in Russia and met with at least one Russian government official in Moscow.

Steven Miller

As chief presidential adviser, Miller helped compile a letter that was never sent. It explained why the president wanted to fire James Komi. During the campaign, Miller was one of the top officials to whom George Papadopoulos spoke about his Russian contacts.

Сum clovis

Clovis was among the officials of the Trump campaign, to whom George Papadopoulos spoke about his contacts with the Russians.

Jd gordon

Gordon met with the Russian ambassador in 2016. He also had contacts with Maria Butyna and was among Trump campaign officials who knew that Carter Page would be leaving for Russia in July 2016.

Cory Lewandowski

Trump's first campaign manager was among the officials who knew that Carter Page was visiting Russia in July of 2016. He was also told about the contacts of George Papadopoulos with the Russians. In 2017, Trump asked Lewandowski to put pressure on Sessions to resign, but Lewandowski refused.

Rhines Pribus

A senior transition official and former head of the White House administration, Pribus was in a copy of an email saying that Michael Flynn discussed sanctions with the Russian ambassador.

Avi Berkovits

A White House assistant working for Jared Kushner. Berkovits met with the Russian ambassador at the request of Kouchner during the transitional period of the change of power.

Mark Corallo

A former Trump legal team official who told Mueller about a conference call between Trump and Hope Hicks in which he said Hicks said emails written by Donald Trump Jr. about the meeting with the Russians "will never see the light of day."

Donald Trump

The president repeatedly tried to stop the investigation of the special prosecutor and positioned him as a “witch hunt.”

Sarah Huckabi Sanders

Sanders, a spokeswoman for the White House, initially said that the president "definitely did not dictate" the false statement made by Donald Trump Jr. about the meeting of Trump headquarters representatives with the Russians.

Jay sekulov

Trump's private attorney initially said that the president was not implicated in a false statement about meeting with Russians at the Trump Tower. Separately, Cohen argued that Trump's lawyers, including Sekulov, had helped to give false testimony to Cohen in Congress.

Russians or Russian mediators who are of interest

Aras Agalarov

A Russian developer who was involved in the organization of the Miss Universe 2013 contest of the year together with Trump in Moscow. He was one of the organizers of a meeting between Russians and Trump's staff at the Trump Tower in June 2016 after a Russian official announced that Russia wants to share the dirt on Clinton.

Emin Agalarov

Son Aras Agalarov and Russian pop star who helped Donald Trump Jr. organize a meeting with the Russians in June 2016.

Rob Goldstone

British publicist who mediated between the Trump campaign and the Agalarovs.

Sergey Nikolaevich Gorkov

The head of the Russian bank, close to Putin. Gorkov met with Jared Kushner during the transition period. Its Vnesheconombank is now under US sanctions.

Kislyak Sergey Ivanovich

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Former Russian ambassador to the US, who met with numerous participants in the Trump campaign.

Felix Sater

Trump's Russian immigrant and business partner who participated in the negotiations during the Trump Tower campaign in Moscow.

Мария Бутина

The Russian woman who admitted that she had participated in organized efforts to open unofficial channels of communication between Russians and Americans.

Andrey Artemenko

A pro-Russian Ukrainian deputy who put forward a plan to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, which could lead to the lifting of sanctions.

Alexander Torshin

A former Russian government official close to Putin who came into contact with the Trump campaign and seemed to be behind Butin’s attempts to establish contacts between Trump and Putin.

Viktor Fedorovich Vekselberg

Russian oligarch who met Cohen at Trump Tower.

Irakli Kaveladze

The executive director of the development company is Aras Agalarov, who represented Agalarov at the Trump Tower meeting in 2016.

Rinat Akhmetshin

Russian-American lobbyist who attended the Trump Tower meeting in June 2016.

Arkady Dvorkovich

Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, who met with Carter Page in Moscow and expressed strong support for Trump.

Dmitriev

A Russian investor close to Putin and present at a secret meeting in the Seychelles, which was convened by the Crown Prince of the United Arab Emirates.

Olga Polonskaya

Russian woman, originally introduced to George Papadopoulos as Putin's niece (this is not).

Dmitry Klokov

Former Russian Olympic weightlifter who offered assistance to the Trump Organization in the development of a real estate project in Moscow.

Elena Klokova

The Russian woman, who turned to Ivanka Trump on behalf of her husband, Dmitry Klokov, with a proposal to help Trump develop a real estate project in Moscow.

Natalia Veselnitskaya

An attorney associated with the Kremlin, who attended the Trump Tower meeting in June 2016.

Joseph Mifsud

A London professor with connections in Moscow who told George Papadopoulos that Russia has “compromising material” on Clinton in the format of “thousands of emails.”

Dmitry Peskov

Putin's spokesman, whom Michael Cohen contacted about the Trump Tower in Moscow.

Head of WikiLeaks and the people who are associated with Stone

Julian Assange

Founder of WikiLeaks, who published tens of thousands of emails from Democrats stolen by Russians during the 2016 election year.

Jerome Corsey

A conspiracy theorist and political commentator, whom Roger Stone Jr. asked to mediate between Stone and WikiLeaks.

Randy Credico

New York comedian and former radio host who may have acted as an intermediary between Stone and WikiLeaks in 2016.

Other foreign officials or intermediaries

Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and the de facto ruler of the United Arab Emirates, who convened a meeting in Seychelles in January 2017, which brought together Russian investors close to Putin and Eric Prince. They discussed the possibility of assisting Trump's headquarters.

Eric Prince

Blackwater founder and informal adviser to Trump, who organized the August 2016 meeting between Donald Trump Jr., George Nader and Joel Zamel. He also attended a meeting in Seychelles, which was convened by the Crown Prince of the United Arab Emirates.

George Nader

A Lebanese-American businessman who told Donald Trump Jr. that the leaders of Saudi Arabia and the UAE would like to help his father win the election. He cooperates with a special prosecutor.

Joel Zamel

The owner of an Israeli firm that wrote a proposal for Trump's social media manipulation campaign.

Mohammed bin Salman

Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, who was among the Arab leaders wishing to help the Trump campaign.

Recall, having learned about Muller’s report, Trump called it “ridiculous” and urged to make the document available to the public.

Recall, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine began investigating the possible interference of the Ukrainian security forces in the American elections. They allegedly tried to help former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to win the presidential race.

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