Rotem Rosen is a New York City real estate tycoon and friend and business associate of Donald Trump. In December 2007, Trump hosted the wedding between Rosen and close business associate Alex Sapir‘s sister Zina at Mar-a-Lago. Five months later Trump, Jared Kushner, and Ivanka Trump attended the bris for their newborn son.1Politico, April 09, 2017
The Happy-Go-Lucky Jewish Group That Connects Trump and Putin
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The Characters Who Tried to Make ‘Trump Tower Moscow’ a Reality
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In Moscow 2013 L-R: Rotem Rosen, Aras Agalarov, Donald Trump, Alex Sapir
Rosen and his brother-in-law Sapir accompanied Trump on his 2013 trip to Russia, where Trump hosted the 2013 Miss Universe pageant with Russian oligarch Aras Agalarov and where the four of them negotiated to make Trump Tower Moscow into a reality.3Real Estate Weekly, Nov 12, 2013
Hotel trio aims to bring Manhattan to Moscow
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The Characters Who Tried to Make ‘Trump Tower Moscow’ a Reality
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Rotem Rosen is a longtime close associate of Lev Leviev, a Soviet-born Israeli real estate tycoon and diamond mogul who calls Vladimir Putin a “true friend.”5New York Times, Sept 16, 2007
The Missionary Mogul
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The Characters Who Tried to Make ‘Trump Tower Moscow’ a Reality
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The Missionary Mogul
retrieved 8/10/18 Rosen has worked at the American branch of Leviev’s holding company Africa Israel Investments (AEI), which has been implicated in Russian/US money laundering.8ABC News, April 18, 2018
Who are the mystery men photographed sharing cigars with Michael Cohen?
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The Characters Who Tried to Make ‘Trump Tower Moscow’ a Reality
retrieved 8/10/18 In 2015 Jared Kushner bought part of the old New York Times building from AEI and a partner company to Kushner for $295 million.10The Guardian, July 24, 2017
Jared Kushner sealed real estate deal with oligarch’s firm cited in money-laundering case
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In April 13, 2018, Rosen was photographed sharing cigars with Michael Cohen outside Cohen’s Upper East Side hotel.11ABC News, April 18, 2018
Who are the mystery men photographed sharing cigars with Michael Cohen?
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