Glencore these days are closely associated with Russians close the Trump campaign. The Steele dossier alleged that Carter Page met with Rosneft officials and was offered the brokerage of a sale on piece of Rosneft in exchange for Trump lifting sanctions on Russia.  This sale went through in secret and Glencore was involved. it was known that 19% of the company was up for sale.  When it went through 19.5% was sold off and people speculated that the .5% was the brokerage fee.  In fact, Putin gave the head of Glencore the Order of Friendship medal after this https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-10/putin-awards-glasenberg-order-of-friendship-after-rosneft-deal Glencore was also in the aluminum business with Oleg Deripaska who is connected to the Russian Mob and has been sanctioned by the US.  He was the guy who paid Paul Manafort and who Manafort offered to give updates on the Trump campaign to. News on Deripaska just came out yesterday.  A while back it was discovered his escort girlfriend had been on his yacht with when the Russian Deputy Prime Minister was spirited aboard.  She didn't know who he was, just that Deripaska paid him great deference and let him speak down to her.   She turned out to be the Russian Omarosa because she taped these conversations.  News just came out that the she sold the tapes back to Derispaska. EDIT: NBC News just reported Michael Cohen is talks to plead guilty.