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'''Natalia Vladimirovna Veselnitskaya''' ({{lang-rus|Наталья Владимировна Весельницкая|p=nɐˈtalʲjə vʲɪsʲɪlʲˈnʲit͡skəjə}}) is a Russian lawyer whose clients include Russian "state-owned businesses" and Denis Katsyv, who is the sole shareholder for a company called Prevezon Holdings and the son of Petr Kastyv, the "vice president of the state-owned Russian Railways and a former deputy governor of the Moscow region".<ref>[https://newrepublic.com/article/126760/fighting-putin-doesnt-make-saint Fighting Putin Doesn’t Make You a Saint | New Republic<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Veselnitskaya is known for leading a "multi-pronged" attack against "the [[Magnitsky Act]], which provoked a Cold War-style, tit-for-tat row with the Kremlin when President Barack Obama signed it into law in 2012".<ref name="NYT8July2017">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/08/us/politics/trump-russia-kushner-manafort.html |title=Trump Team Met With Lawyer Linked to Kremlin During Campaign|first1=Jo |last1=Becker |first2=Matt |last2=Apuzzo |first3=Adam |last3=Goldman |date=July 8, 2017 |access-date=July 8, 2017|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> Veselnitskaya became well known in July 2017 following a ''[[New York Times]]'' report that revealed she had met with members of [[Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016|Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign]] to supposedly disclose potentially |
'''Natalia Vladimirovna Veselnitskaya''' ({{lang-rus|Наталья Владимировна Весельницкая|p=nɐˈtalʲjə vʲɪsʲɪlʲˈnʲit͡skəjə}}) is a Russian lawyer whose clients include Russian "state-owned businesses" and Denis Katsyv, who is the sole shareholder for a company called Prevezon Holdings and the son of Petr Kastyv, the "vice president of the state-owned Russian Railways and a former deputy governor of the Moscow region".<ref>[https://newrepublic.com/article/126760/fighting-putin-doesnt-make-saint Fighting Putin Doesn’t Make You a Saint | New Republic<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Veselnitskaya is known for leading a "multi-pronged" attack against "the [[Magnitsky Act]], which provoked a Cold War-style, tit-for-tat row with the Kremlin when President Barack Obama signed it into law in 2012".<ref name="NYT8July2017">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/08/us/politics/trump-russia-kushner-manafort.html |title=Trump Team Met With Lawyer Linked to Kremlin During Campaign|first1=Jo |last1=Becker |first2=Matt |last2=Apuzzo |first3=Adam |last3=Goldman |date=July 8, 2017 |access-date=July 8, 2017|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> Veselnitskaya became well known in July 2017 following a ''[[New York Times]]'' report that revealed she had met with members of [[Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016|Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign]] to supposedly disclose potentially incriminating information about [[Hillary Clinton]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hofmann|first1=James|title=The Daily 202: Email to Donald Trump Jr. could be a smoking gun, as Russia connections deepen|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/07/11/daily-202-email-to-donald-trump-jr-could-be-a-smoking-gun-as-russia-connections-deepen/5963e8eee9b69b7071abcb06/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=staff|title=Donald Trump Jr met Russian lawyer after promise of information on Hillary Clinton|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/09/donald-trump-jr-russia-hillary-clinton}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Simmons|first1=Kier|title=Russian Lawyer Who Met With Trump Jr.: I Didn’t Have Clinton Info They Wanted|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russian-lawyer-who-met-trump-jr-i-didn-t-have-n781631?cid=eml_nbn_20170711}}</ref> |
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==Education and career== |
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Veselnitskaya founded a Delaware-based organization called "Human Rights Accountability Global Initiative Foundation"<ref>[http://www.thedailybeast.com/putins-dirty-game-in-the-us-congress Putin’s Dirty Game in the U.S. Congress<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{citation|access-date=12 July 2017|url=https://www.grassley.senate.gov/sites/default/files/judiciary/upload/Russia%2C%2003-31-17%2C%20Magnitsky%20Act%20-%202016-%2007-15%20HCM%20Complaint%20to%20FARA%20%28003%29_Redacted.pdf|title=Complaint regarding the violation of US Lobbying Laws by the Human Rights Accountability Global Initiative Foundation and others by Hermitage Capital Management|date=15 July 2016|publisher=Grassley.senate.gov|author=Hermitage Capital Management}}</ref><ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/04/politics/rohrabacher-prevezon/index.html US Congressman talks Russian money laundering with alleged ex-Soviet spy in Berlin - CNNPolitics.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Veselnitskaya's campaign included an unsuccessful attempt in Washington to repeal the [[Magnitsky Act]] and to "keep Mr. Magnitsky’s name off the Law.<ref name="NYT8July2017"/> |
Veselnitskaya founded a Delaware-based organization called "Human Rights Accountability Global Initiative Foundation"<ref>[http://www.thedailybeast.com/putins-dirty-game-in-the-us-congress Putin’s Dirty Game in the U.S. Congress<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{citation|access-date=12 July 2017|url=https://www.grassley.senate.gov/sites/default/files/judiciary/upload/Russia%2C%2003-31-17%2C%20Magnitsky%20Act%20-%202016-%2007-15%20HCM%20Complaint%20to%20FARA%20%28003%29_Redacted.pdf|title=Complaint regarding the violation of US Lobbying Laws by the Human Rights Accountability Global Initiative Foundation and others by Hermitage Capital Management|date=15 July 2016|publisher=Grassley.senate.gov|author=Hermitage Capital Management}}</ref><ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/04/politics/rohrabacher-prevezon/index.html US Congressman talks Russian money laundering with alleged ex-Soviet spy in Berlin - CNNPolitics.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Veselnitskaya's campaign included an unsuccessful attempt in Washington to repeal the [[Magnitsky Act]] and to "keep Mr. Magnitsky’s name off the Law.<ref name="NYT8July2017"/> |
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On June 9, 2016, Veselnitskaya met with [[Donald Trump Jr.]], [[Paul Manafort]], and [[Jared Kushner]] in [[Trump Tower]], which they had scheduled after [[Emin Agalarov]]'s publicist had told Donald Jr. that she was a "Russian government attorney" offering |
On June 9, 2016, Veselnitskaya met with [[Donald Trump Jr.]], [[Paul Manafort]], and [[Jared Kushner]] in [[Trump Tower]], which they had scheduled after [[Emin Agalarov]]'s publicist had told Donald Jr. that she was a "Russian government attorney" offering incriminating information on [[Hillary Clinton]] due to "its government’s support for Mr. Trump".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Becker|first1=Jo|authorlink1=Jo Becker|last2=Goldman|first2=Adam|authorlink2=Adam Goldman|last3=Apuzzo|first3=Matt|authorlink3=Matt Apuzzo|title=Russian Dirt on Clinton? ‘I Love It,’ Donald Trump Jr. Said|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/11/us/politics/trump-russia-email-clinton.html|accessdate=12 July 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=12 July 2017|page=A1}}</ref> Donald Trump Jr. later claimed in July of 2017 that Veselnitskaya instead used the meeting to criticize the Magnitsky Act.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Apuzzo|first1=Matt|authorlink1=Matt Apuzzo|last2=Becker|first2=Jo|authorlink2=Jo Becker|last3=Goldman|first3=Adam|authorlink3=Adam Goldman|last4=Haberman|first4=Maggie|authorlink4=Maggie Haberman|title=Trump Jr. Was Told in Email of Russian Effort to Aid Campaign|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/10/us/politics/donald-trump-jr-russia-email-candidacy.html|accessdate=12 July 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=11 July 2017|page=A1}}</ref> |
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Later that June, she screened a film by [[Andrei Nekrasov]] at the [[Newseum]] in Washington, D.C., that was critical of Magnitsky.<ref name=NYT12july17/> She was "deeply involved in the making of ''The Magnitsky Act — Behind the Scenes''.<ref>[https://www.rferl.org/a/magnitsky-film-on-hold-european-tv-channel-arte/27704772.html European TV Channel Puts Controversial Magnitsky Film On Hold<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> She provided the film crew with "the real proofs and records of testimony" according to RussiaTV5, a "station whose owners are known to be close to Mr. Putin".<ref name="NYT8July2017"/> |
Later that June, she screened a film by [[Andrei Nekrasov]] at the [[Newseum]] in Washington, D.C., that was critical of Magnitsky.<ref name=NYT12july17/> She was "deeply involved in the making of ''The Magnitsky Act — Behind the Scenes''.<ref>[https://www.rferl.org/a/magnitsky-film-on-hold-european-tv-channel-arte/27704772.html European TV Channel Puts Controversial Magnitsky Film On Hold<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> She provided the film crew with "the real proofs and records of testimony" according to RussiaTV5, a "station whose owners are known to be close to Mr. Putin".<ref name="NYT8July2017"/> |
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| Born | Natalia Vladimirovna Veselnitskaya Moscow, Russia |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Legal Academy |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Known for | Associating with the 2016 US presidential election |
Natalia Vladimirovna Veselnitskaya (Russian: Наталья Владимировна Весельницкая, IPA: [nɐˈtalʲjə vʲɪsʲɪlʲˈnʲit͡skəjə]) is a Russian lawyer whose clients include Russian "state-owned businesses" and Denis Katsyv, who is the sole shareholder for a company called Prevezon Holdings and the son of Petr Kastyv, the "vice president of the state-owned Russian Railways and a former deputy governor of the Moscow region".[1] Veselnitskaya is known for leading a "multi-pronged" attack against "the Magnitsky Act, which provoked a Cold War-style, tit-for-tat row with the Kremlin when President Barack Obama signed it into law in 2012".[2] Veselnitskaya became well known in July 2017 following a New York Times report that revealed she had met with members of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign to supposedly disclose potentially incriminating information about Hillary Clinton.[3][4][5]
Education and career
Veselnitskaya attests she graduated with distinction from the Moscow State Legal Academy in 1998.[6] She attests that she was then employed by the prosecutor's office in Moscow Oblast, where she worked on legislation.[6] She claims to have won over 300 legal cases.[7] She then moved into private practice, focusing on land deals in the expanding Moscow suburbs.[7]
Veselnitskaya has long been the lawyer for Pyotr Katsyv, who is the vice-president of the state-owned Russian Railways, and was formerly the Moscow region's minister of transportation.[7] In 2008, Vladimir Solovyov accused Veselnitskaya and her stepdaughter of orchestrating unusual court decisions regarding land in Moscow.[7] Veselnitskaya successfully sued Spravedlivost, an anti-corruption nonprofit, for defamation after it accused her, her former husband, and Katsyv of seizing land using government connections.[7] Her claims that land owned by IKEA was actually owned by an old collective farm were ultimately dismissed by the Supreme Court of Russia.[7]
Advocacy against the Magnitsky Act
In 2009, Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer who had accused Moscow law enforcement of stealing $230 million tax in tax rebates from his client, was beaten to death in jail. In 2012, Magnitsky's client, Bill Browder, secured passage of the Magnitsky Act, which imposed sanctions on the officials involved.[7] Russian President Vladimir Putin responded by banning adoptions by Americans.[7]
Veselnitskaya founded a Delaware-based organization called "Human Rights Accountability Global Initiative Foundation"[8][9][10] Veselnitskaya's campaign included an unsuccessful attempt in Washington to repeal the Magnitsky Act and to "keep Mr. Magnitsky’s name off the Law.[2]
On June 9, 2016, Veselnitskaya met with Donald Trump Jr., Paul Manafort, and Jared Kushner in Trump Tower, which they had scheduled after Emin Agalarov's publicist had told Donald Jr. that she was a "Russian government attorney" offering incriminating information on Hillary Clinton due to "its government’s support for Mr. Trump".[11] Donald Trump Jr. later claimed in July of 2017 that Veselnitskaya instead used the meeting to criticize the Magnitsky Act.[12]
Later that June, she screened a film by Andrei Nekrasov at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., that was critical of Magnitsky.[7] She was "deeply involved in the making of The Magnitsky Act — Behind the Scenes.[13] She provided the film crew with "the real proofs and records of testimony" according to RussiaTV5, a "station whose owners are known to be close to Mr. Putin".[2]
Veselnitskaya represented Pyotr Katsyv's son, Denis, when Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, charged him with money laundering.[7] Federal prosecutors accused Katsyv of using Manhattan real estate deals to launder money stolen from Brower's Hermitage Capital Management in violation of the Magnitsky Act.[14][15] The Russian government then banned Bharara from traveling there.[14]
During the litigation, Veselnitskaya charged the government $995-a-night for a room at the Plaza Hotel.[7] Two months after President Donald Trump fired Bharara, the case settled, with Katsyv's company, Prevezon Holdings, paying $6 million without admitting any wrongdoing.[7][16] The settlement was for less than 3% of the amount prosecutors had initially sought.[14]
Personal life
Veselnitskaya was previously married to a former deputy transportation minister of the Moscow area.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Fighting Putin Doesn’t Make You a Saint | New Republic
- ^ a b c d Becker, Jo; Apuzzo, Matt; Goldman, Adam (July 8, 2017). "Trump Team Met With Lawyer Linked to Kremlin During Campaign". The New York Times. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
- ^ Hofmann, James. "The Daily 202: Email to Donald Trump Jr. could be a smoking gun, as Russia connections deepen".
- ^ staff. "Donald Trump Jr met Russian lawyer after promise of information on Hillary Clinton".
- ^ Simmons, Kier. "Russian Lawyer Who Met With Trump Jr.: I Didn't Have Clinton Info They Wanted".
- ^ a b "Declaration of Natalia Veselnitskaya, United States v. Prevezon Holdings Ltd, No. 13-cv-06326 (TPG) (S.D.N.Y. January 5, 2016)". Scribd. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l MacFarquhar, Neil; Kramer, Andrew E. (12 July 2017). "Natalia Veselnitskaya, Lawyer Who Met Trump Jr., Seen as Fearsome Moscow Insider". The New York Times. p. A1. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
- ^ Putin’s Dirty Game in the U.S. Congress
- ^ Hermitage Capital Management (15 July 2016), Complaint regarding the violation of US Lobbying Laws by the Human Rights Accountability Global Initiative Foundation and others by Hermitage Capital Management (PDF), Grassley.senate.gov, retrieved 12 July 2017
- ^ US Congressman talks Russian money laundering with alleged ex-Soviet spy in Berlin - CNNPolitics.com
- ^ Becker, Jo; Goldman, Adam; Apuzzo, Matt (12 July 2017). "Russian Dirt on Clinton? 'I Love It,' Donald Trump Jr. Said". The New York Times. p. A1. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
- ^ Apuzzo, Matt; Becker, Jo; Goldman, Adam; Haberman, Maggie (11 July 2017). "Trump Jr. Was Told in Email of Russian Effort to Aid Campaign". The New York Times. p. A1. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
- ^ European TV Channel Puts Controversial Magnitsky Film On Hold
- ^ a b c Feeley, Jef; Bob, Van Voris (13 May 2017). "Laundering Suit Ends as Russian Firm, U.S. Claim Victory". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
- ^ "United States of America v. Prevezon Holdings Ltd. et al". Justia Dockets & Filings. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
- ^ "Acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces $5.9 Million Settlement Of Civil Money Laundering And Forfeiture Claims Against Real Estate Corporations Alleged To Have Laundered Proceeds Of Russian Tax Fraud". United States Department of Justice. Retrieved 12 July 2017.