1. Natalia Veselnitskaya's clients include Pyotr Katsyv, an official in the state-owned Russian Railways, and his son Denis Katsyv, whom she defended against a money laundering charge in New York.
20 Facts About Natalia Veselnitskaya
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On 8 January 2019, Veselnitskaya was indicted in the United States with obstruction of justice charges for allegedly having attempted to thwart the Justice Department investigation into the money laundering charges against Katsyv.
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Natalia Veselnitskaya has said that she graduated with distinction from the Moscow State Legal Academy in 1998.
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Natalia Veselnitskaya switched to private practice, focusing on land deals in the expanding Moscow suburbs.
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Natalia Veselnitskaya is a long-time lawyer for Pyotr Katsyv, who is the vice president of the state-owned Russian Railways, and was formerly the Moscow region's minister of transportation.
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Natalia Veselnitskaya successfully sued Spravedlivost, an anti-corruption nonprofit, for defamation after it accused her, her former husband, and Katsyv of seizing land using government connections.
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Natalia Veselnitskaya's campaign included an unsuccessful attempt in Washington to repeal the Magnitsky Act and to "keep Mr Magnitsky's name off the law".
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On 9 June 2016, Natalia Veselnitskaya met with Donald Trump Jr.
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Natalia Veselnitskaya herself commented that she mostly talked about Browder's misdeeds, whereas the Trump team wanted what she termed "some sort of grenade".
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Natalia Veselnitskaya said Veselnitskaya left a document with Trump Jr.
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Natalia Veselnitskaya provided the film crew with "the real proofs and records of testimony" according to RussiaTV5, a "station whose owners are known to be close to Mr Putin".
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Natalia Veselnitskaya represented Pyotr Katsyv's son, Denis, when Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, charged him with money laundering.
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In October 2015, Natalia Veselnitskaya traveled to Manhattan with her clients for a deposition in the money laundering case.
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On 3 November 2017, a judge denied a request for Natalia Veselnitskaya to enter the US to attend hearings related to the money laundering case.
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On 8 January 2019, Natalia Veselnitskaya was indicted for obstruction of justice by the office of the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, in connection with a 2015 money laundering case.
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Natalia Veselnitskaya was believed to be in Russia at the time of the indictment and is unlikely to appear in a US court as Russia does not extradite its citizens to other countries.
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Natalia Veselnitskaya delivered a very similar document, with some portions word for word the same, at the Trump Tower meeting on 9 June 2016.
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Natalia Veselnitskaya met with Rinat Akhmetshin in Berlin to discuss Prevezon and later Rohrabacher was a staunch supporter of Prevezon's interests.
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Natalia Veselnitskaya was formerly married to Aleksandr Mitusov, a former deputy transportation minister of the Moscow area while Petr Katsyv, Denis Katsyv's father, was the main director.
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In January 2019, Natalia Veselnitskaya was charged with one count of obstruction of justice.