- CNN Article
- Washington Post Article
- DW Article
- The Guardian on Rosneft takeover of TNK-BP 3/21/13
- Semion Mogilevich and Dmitry Firtash connection. Among other things, they share the same lawyer, Zeev Gordon
- Paul Manafort linked to a $9.9 million "loan" from Dmitry Firtash's business partner at RosUkrEnergo, Ivan Fursin.
- 2006 Rosneft IPO involved $1 billion investments from three Russian oligarchs. Oleg Deripaska, Roman Abramovich and Vladimir Lisin.
- 2017: "A dossier with unverified claims about President Donald Trump's ties to Russia contained allegations that Igor Sechin, the CEO of Russia's state oil company, offered former Trump ally Carter Page and his associates the brokerage of a 19% stake in the company in exchange for the lifting of US sanctions on Russia."
- The Money Funnel from Putin to Semion - Rueters
- USA Today Article
- Newsweek Article
- The Daily Beast Article
- Reuter's Article
Chris Wray represents Chris Christie in "Bridgegate" scandal (New Jersey Port Authority). Representation at tex payers expense and without their knowledge
- Quartz Article
- WNYC News Article
Background on NJ Port Mafia Corruption
- NJ Article
- New York Post Article
- New Jersey Government Article
- Business Insider Article
- McClatchy Article
- USA Today on Firtash-Manafort relationship 7/26/16
- Chicago Tribune on Firtash intelligence intercepts 9/15/17
- The Real Deal Article
- Free Beacon Article
- NBC News Article
- RICO legal filing US Southern District New York: Zackson, Firtash, Manafort defendants
- Daily Beast Article 11/2/17
- Firtash Arrest - Rueters
- Lawsuit linking Trump Consigliere to Semion
- Bloomberg on Manafort's deal with Deripaska 9/27/17
- The Guardian Article
- Wired Article
- U.S. District Court Documents
- Wall Street Journal Article
- Deripaska bargained for Visa in exchange for helping CIA find Bob Levinson
- “Oleg Deripaska is married to Boris Yeltsin’s step-granddaughter.” And more context on additional oligarchs. Circa 2005.
Deripaska and Semion jointly hire Washington lobbyists
- The Moscow Times
- Reuters Article
Book References
- Barry Meier, "Missing Man: The American Spy Who Vanished in Iran" (MacMillan, 2016)
- Dillon & Thomas, "Robert Maxwell, Israel's Superspy: The Life and Murder of a Media Mogul" (Caroll & Graff, 2002)
- Gordon Thomas, "Gideon's Spies: The Inside Story of Israel's Legendary Secret Service" (JR Books, Ltd. 2013)
Web References
Maxwell's Bulgarian links - Semion's mobster, Lukanov
- BBC News Article
- Radio Free Europe Article
- Sofia News Agency Article
Maxwell: Spy, Fraud, & Money-Launderer
- Rense Article
- New York Times Article
