registered a number of websites aimed towards white nationalists. (that's connected to russias add campaign to promote race troubles in USA.)The Mercer family funded Cambridge Analytica and have worked with Bannon since at least 2011. The Mercers also fund Breitbart, Bannon was in charge of Breitbart for quite some time. The Mercers set up a media ecosystem that pushed xenophobic, ultra-nationalist views by promoting disinformation.[footnote] This ecosystem preyed specifically on people's racial prejudices and fears by promoting xenophobia.[footnote]
Chicago Tribune - How the Mercer family's partnership with Stephen Bannon shaped the populist climate in 2016
The Independent - Breitbart: Inside the far-right news network in bed with the Trump presidency
Connection to Viktor Vekselberg and Payments to Michael Cohen[edit]
According to the Washington Post, "Columbus Nova has been described in federal regulatory filings as an affiliate of the Renova Group, founded by Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg".[8] The sanctioned Russian company Renova Group, itself controlled by Vekselberg, also subject to U.S. sanctions, has previously listed Columbus Nova as a controlled investment fund under the Renova Group's umbrella.[9] Per regulations administered by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), companies that are at least 50% owned by sanctioned individuals or companies are themselves subject to U.S. sanctions.[10]
On May 8, 2018, the New York Times reported that during 2017 Columbus Nova made payments of at least $500,000 to a bank account maintained by Michael Cohen, then acting as President Donald Trump's personal attorney.[11] However, the sanctions against Renova Group were not put in place until April 6, 2018,[12] so any payments from Vekselberg to Donald Trump would not have been prohibited by OFAC at the time the payments were made.[13]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Nova
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