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    FBI Warned Of Russian Intelligence Links To Oligarch In Cohen Payment Allegation

    The FBI used an unusual newspaper column to caution that a foundation controlled by Viktor Vekselberg might be a conduit for Russian technology espionage.
    by Tim Mak May 11, 2018 2 minutes

    Updated at 11:09 a.m.

    The FBI warned four years ago that a foundation controlled by the Russian oligarch who allegedly reimbursed Donald Trump's personal lawyer might have been acting on behalf of Russia's intelligence services.

    FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Lucia Ziobro wrote an unusual column in the in April of 2014 to warn that a foundation controlled by Russian

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