‘Soft Power’ of a Russian Bank Comes to Light in U.S. Inquiry

‘Soft Power’ of a Russian Bank Comes to Light in U.S. Inquiry

By BEN PROTESS, ANDREW E. KRAMER and MIKE McINTIRE

• Investigators of possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign are looking at Jared Kushner’s meeting with the head of VEB, a bank owned by the Russian state.
• “This is not a bank,” said a Standard & Poor’s analyst. “We should rather treat this bank as a government agency.”