More questions come out about the company that paid off Michael Cohen.
While Columbus Nova claims it has never been “owned by any foreign entity,” it was recently listed as a subsidiary of Renova — a Russia-based conglomerate run by sanctioned oligarch Viktor Vekselberg.
However, the revelations aren’t limited solely to news about a Russia-linked company sending substantial sums to the president’s lawyer. As NBC reported Wednesday morning, Columbus Nova also spent 2016 and 2017 registering a number of websites aimed at young white supremacists, or members of the so-called “alt-right.”
Among the URLs registered were domains like Alt-Right.co, Altrights.co, Alternate-rt.com, and Alt-rite.com. Some of the domains, like Alt-Right.com and Altrights.co, were registered in late August 2016 — just a few months before the American election — while others, like Alt-rite.com, were created in August 2017.
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However, a number of the domains were registered with a specific Columbus Nova email address that appears to belong to a Columbus Nova employee named Frederick Intrater.
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It is unclear how, or if, Frederick Intrater is related Columbus Nova CEO Andrew Intrater — who is Vekselberg’s cousin — but on his LinkedIn profile, Frederick Intrater lists himself as the Design Manager at Columbus Nova. CorporationWiki also lists Frederick Intrater as the “coordinator of marketing” for “Renova Unitedstates Management.”
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It remains unclear why Columbus Nova or Frederick Intrater would have been interested in registering sites aimed at young white supremacists. However, as ThinkProgress found earlier Wednesday, it wouldn’t be the first time Columbus Nova has attempted to distance itself from scandal — only to be tripped up by material online.
Despite claiming that it is a separate entity from Vekselberg’s Renova, an archived version of Renova’s site — a site that is now “under construction” — specifically listed Columbus Nova as part of Renova. The archived site helps undercut Columbus Nova’s claim that it is an independent entity with no connection to Russia, or to the oligarchs close to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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The Russia-linked company that paid Michael Cohen $500,000 also created websites for young white supremacists https://t.co/YIbueMdtLx
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 9, 2018
Shocker. It's all connected folks. Russia has been juicing up White Supremacists & 'Antifa' as with many others on the right and left using every medium imaginable to cause Chaos. It's called Provokatsiya – Russian Active Measures. @20committee @DraculaHadGout @counterchekist https://t.co/F3c5xa9Q1S
— Andrew C Laufer, Esq (@lauferlaw) May 9, 2018
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