now let s talk about columbus nova that paid cohen half a million dollars. it made eight payments through august of 2017. it s allegedly controlled in part by a wealthy russian named vickor vekselberg. in a statement the company said it s owned and controlled by americans. we know so many of that is true because the firm s ceo is an american, also happens to be the cousin of vex vek. cohen actually plet tmet the tw them at trump s inauguration. now vekselberg denies he has a contractual relationship with cohen or his firm. vekselberg is one of the richest men in russia. he is an oligarch sanctioned by the u.s. last month. earlier this queer he was stopped and questions for agents working for robert mueller according to the new york times. we should note he hasn t been accused of any wrongdoing. we should also note you can t be an oligarch in russia without