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Putin Ally Bankrolled Trump Jr.'s Bahamas Wedding, ProPublica Reports
ProPublica says the Russian boxing chief paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for island rentals and fireworks, raising fresh questions about Kremlin influence.
- 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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As ProPublica reported in an exclusive report, a Russian oligarch paid for Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding reception on two private islands in the Bahamas. The post Russian oligarch and Putin ally financed Trump's son's wedding reception in the Bahamas appeared first on in.gr.
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According to the website ProPublica, Umar Kremlyov spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the lavish wedding in the Bahamas, with the private island rental alone said to have cost around $100,000 per night.
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Umar Kremlev covered hundreds of thousands of dollars in spending, according to a ProPublica investigation. Trump Jr.’s wife defended the gift: read what she says.
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