The former mayor of Moscow has confirmed Donald Trump met with officials in Russia in the 1990s to discuss a possible building project after archival footage of the meeting was posted online.

The video, allegedly aired by Russian state television in 1995, shows the US president meeting with members of the former mayor's administration. [...]

"I know nothing about Russia," Mr Trump said during the second presidential debate against Hillary Clinton. "I don't deal there." 

He also previously told CBS4 in 2016, "I have nothing to do with Russia. I don't have any jobs in Russia. I'm all over the world but we're not involved in Russia." 

And again, in 2017, the president reiterated those claims in a tweet: "Russia has never tried to use leverage over me. I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH RUSSIA - NO DEALS, NO LOANS, NO NOTHING!"