Trump’s Would-Be Moscow Partner Faces Homebuyers’ Ire
- Stranded suburban Muscovites complain of construction delays
- Lawyer says Trump Tower Moscow not connected to campaign
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Demonstrators plan to gather Saturday beneath a thicket of concrete apartment towers rising from the mud in the unfashionable eastern outskirts of Moscow. Their families are supposed to be living inside, but are among the owners of some 5,000 units they say the developer failed to complete on time. Some have appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Youtube. “Help us get our homes,” chanted one group who identified themselves as “deceived investors” in a recent video shot before tower blocks resembling a ghost town.