Lev Leviev is a Soviet-born Israeli diamond mogul and real estate tycoon who calls Vladimir Putin a “true friend.”⁴New York Times, Sept 16, 2007
The Missionary Mogul
retrieved 8/10/18 Leviev was a partner in Prevezon Holdings, a Russian company owned by Denis Katsyv, who is the son of the vice president of the state-owned Russian Railways and a former deputy governor of the Moscow region.¹New York Times, July 8, 2017
Trump Team Met With Lawyer Linked to Kremlin During Campaign
retrieved 8/10/18 In 2013 U.S. District Attorney Preet Bharara took Prevezon court over Russian money laundering allegations; New York apartments owned by Leviev were alleged to have served as a conduit for the laundering. Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Russian attorney who met with Donald Trump Jr and other members of the Trump campaign at the June, 2016, Trump Tower meeting, represented Prevezon in the case. ²Haaretz, May 26, 2018
The Countless Israeli Connections to Mueller’s Probe of Trump and Russia
retrieved 8/10/18³CNN, Sept 7, 2017 The curious rise of Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer who met Team Trumpretrieved 8/10/18

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