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Ukranian businessman with links to DonaldTrump and Russia dies in unexplainedcircumstancesAlex Oronov, who had family ties to President's lawyer, reportedlyorganised meeting aimed at helping give Russian President controlof Crimea

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A Ukranian-born millionaire businessman with links to Donald

Trump has reportedly died in unexplained circumstances.

Alex Oronov, a 69-year-old naturalised American citizen who

ran an agricultural business in his native Ukraine, died on 2

March, according to a Facebook post by Ukranian politician

Andrii Artemenko.

Mr Oronov is reported to have set up a secret meeting

between Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen – to

whom he had family ties - and Russian officials where a “peace

plan” is said to have been hatched to give Russian President

Vladimir Putin control of the Crimea.

Mr Cohen is understood to have an extensive network of

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in the ethanol business the lawyer’s brother, Bryan, set up in

Ukraine.

The “peace plan” meeting brought together Mr Artemenko,

Mr Cohen and Felix Sater, an American-Russian long-time

business associate of Mr Trump who is reported to have ties to

the Russian mafia.

Details of this meeting are believed to have ended up on the

desk of Michael Flynn, Mr Trump’s former security adviser

who was forced to resign last month over his alleged secret

dealings with Russian officials.

The New York Times – which Mr Trump has repeatedly

accused of producing “fake news” - reported the meeting

between Mr Artemenko, Mr Cohen and Mr Slater.

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In his lengthy Facebook post, Mr Artemenko describes himself

as a pawn in a diplomatic game and said the stress created by

the article and the negative attention that followed the article

was too much for Mr Oronov.

The post, written in Russian, translates loosely: “Yes, I’m

guilty... Alex Oronov, my partner, my friend, my mentor, Alex

was a family member of Michael Cohen. And he organised all

kinds of stuff, including an introduction and a meeting for me

with Michael Cohen.”

It adds: “Unfortunately, his heart could not endure it. He

died... Friend, your death will not have been in vain, nor will

the deaths of tens of thousands of Ukranians and

Russians, Alex Oronov, during this wild, undeclared war! Rest

in peace and forgive me if you can, as difficult as that may be!”

The Ukrainian MP points the finger of blame at “overexertion,

the nerves, from injustice, from suspicion, from sorrow of

misunderstanding”.

The remembrance website legacy.com has a listing for Alex

Oronov of New York, with dates that match those of the

businessman.

One friend and business associate has so far left a tribute on

the site, which reads: “Alex had a huge heart and he did a lot

for those who were part of his family and part of his company.”

Conspiracy theorists have pointed to a number of recent

deaths of Russian diplomats in the past four months.

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Russia’s permanent ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin,

died last month in New York after suddenly becoming ill on his

way to work the day before his 65th birthday.

It was initially reported he had suffered a heart attack but

an autopsy proved inconclusive.

The Russian Consul in Athens, Andrei Malanin, 55, was found

dead on the floor of his apartment in Greece in January. Greek

police said there was no evidence of a break-in and he was

believed to have died of natural causes.

Russia’s Ambassador to India, Alexander Kadakin, 67, was

reported to have died of heart failure in January after a “brief

illness” according to Indian media.

Russian diplomats keep dying unexpectedly

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New York on US election day.

According to BuzzFeed, Mr Krivov was initially said to have

fallen to his death following a suspected heart attack, but a

subsequent report from medical examiners was inconclusive.

Mr Krivov is believed to have been responsible for the security

of the consul from American intelligence, although he was

initially said to have been “a security guard”.

The Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, was

assassinated in Ankara by a policeman at a photography

exhibition on 19 December and another diplomat, Peter

Polshikov, was shot dead in his Moscow apartment on the

Senior Russian diplomat shot dead in flat in Moscow

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helping British spy Christopher Steele draft a dossier on

Donald Trump, was found dead in the back of his car last

Boxing Day.

Mr Erovinkin was also an aide to former deputy prime minister

Igor Sechin, who now heads up state-owned oil company

Rosneft and is said to have been named in the dossier.

His death was initially reported as a suspected murder – but

officials later claimed he had died of a heart attack.

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