Donald Trump is reported as having first envisaged a Trump building in Moscow during a visit to Moscow in 1987 . The development was originally envisaged as a joint venture with the Soviet Union 's tourism agency , Goscom Intourist . Following the break-up of the Soviet Union , Trump 's interest in a Moscow tower continued . In 2005 , the Trump Organization signed a one-year contract for a construction project in Moscow with the Bayrock Group real estate firm . One of the firm 's principals was Felix Sater , a Russian-born businessman with mob connections . Sater identified a site for a Trump skyscraper . It was stipulated any spas or fitness areas be branded " The Spa by Ivanka Trump . " That proposal fell through , but Sater continued to maintain a relationship with Trump . After holding the Miss Universe pageant in Russia in 2013 , Trump tweeted " TRUMP TOWER-MOSCOW is next . " A New York architect had completed plans for a bold glass obelisk 100 stories high by September 2015 , with the Trump logo on multiple sides . The planned Trump Tower would have been the tallest skyscraper in Europe . The proposed site was a location in the Moscow International Business Center , near the Moscow River
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