Know your Russia-linked oligarchs!
- Roman Abramovich: Russian-born, he exercised his rights under the Law of Return to attain Israeli citizenship, allowing him to visit Britain visa-free.
- Aras Agalarov: father of Azerbaijiani pop star Emin Agalarov (who is a client of music publicist Rob Goldstone) and boss of Ike Kaveladze, who was with Goldstone at the Trump Tower meeting.
- Leonard “Len” Blavatnik (Ukrainian-born, dual U.S./U.K. citizenship, lives in London): Donated to $7.35 million to McConnell’s GOP Senate Leadership Fund, PACS of Graham, Rubio, McCain, the RNC, and a million dollars to Trump’s inauguration. Bought Steven Mnuchin’s stake in Dune Entertainment. Hosted Steven Mnuchin and Brett Ratner on his yacht. Business partners with Vekselberg.
- Oleg Deripaska: Controls RusAl. Backed Paul Manafort’s political consulting work in Ukraine and loaned Manafort $10 million after Viktor Yanukovych was ousted from the presidency. Tried to collect his debt during the Trump campaign and was given internal polling by Manafort.
- Pavel Fuchs (Ukranian): Investor in oil, gas, luxury real estate, and banking. Involved in Trump Hotel Moscow.
- Semion Mogilevich: Removed from FBI’s most wanted list by James Comey in Dec 2015.
- Vladimir Potanin: Secretly bought Maryland’s state voter registration platform in 2015.
- Yevgeny Prigozhin: Linked to Wagner Group and Internet Research Agency
- Vladamir Putin: President of Russia. Might be dating Rupert Murdoch’s (most recent) ex wife, Wendi Deng, who is friends with Ivanka & Jared and may work for the Chinese government.
- Viktor Vekselberg: Proxy control of Bank of Cyprus. Deposited money to Cohen’s porn payoff slush fund. GOP donor. Attended Inauguration. Questioned by Mueller at a “New York-area airport”. One of the 24 Russians sanctioned in 2018. Business partners with Vekselberg.
Plus a bonus Russian mobster!
- Alexander Torshin: Worked with assistant Maria Butina in cultivating ties with the NRA.