Russian Oligarch Close to Putin Funded Trump Jr’s Wedding in Bahamas: ProPublica
ProPublica says records show Kremlev paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for island rentals, transport and other expenses tied to the wedding.
- On Monday, ProPublica reported that Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev, head of the International Boxing Association, funded major expenses for Donald Trump Jr.'s Bahamas wedding in May.
- Payments for the private island and $70,000 fireworks display came from a Dubai-based entity affiliated with the IBA, which relies on funding from Russian energy giant Gazprom.
- A spokesperson for Trump Jr. did not dispute the payments, stating "Umar is a personal friend" and asserting Kremlev is "not someone he has a business relationship with."
- Former FBI counterintelligence official Holden Triplett warned that such financial ties provide intelligence services access to influential figures, stating "Money is a tried-and-true method to gain access."
- These revelations arrive as Trump Jr. exerts significant influence as his father's political adviser, raising questions about whether Kremlev sought to leverage access to the White House.
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Russian businessman Umar Kremlev, head of the International Boxing Association (IBA), contributed to the financing of the Bahamas wedding of Donald Trump Jr., the son of the American president, according to the American research NGO ProPublica, who cited documents and three people familiar with the event, writes Meduza.
The Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev, sanctioned by Ukraine for his relations with Vladimir Putin, paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to help finance the marriage of Donald Trump Jr, the firstborn of the American president, with Bettina Anderson, celebrated in May on two private islands in the Bahamas. He supports an inquiry by the NGO ProPublica, citing documents and [...] The article
Umar Kremlev would secretly spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on the post-marriage reception of the president's son with Bettina Anderson, held in the Bahamas last May
Trump Jnr’s wife says Russian oligarch paid for parties but not the actual wedding
US President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law said a Russian oligarch paid for “two incredible nights of celebration” in the Bahamas after her wedding to Donald Trump Jnr but was not involved in the actual nuptials, amid fresh ethics questions involving the first family. The couple had a private marriage ceremony on a Friday in May, Bettina Trump wrote in an Instagram post, and then a celebration the following weekend in the Bahamas. That second e…
Donald Trump Jr.'s marriage to the Bahamas is said to have been partly funded by Russian businessman Umar Kremlev, close to Vladimir Putin, according to a ProPublica survey published this Monday, September 14.
ProPublica Reports: Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin
This will probably surprise absolutely no one, but ProPublica is reporting that a Russian oligarch that is close to Putin spent a LOT of money to give Donald…
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