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Trump Jr Reportedly Hunted in Mongolia with Russian Boxing Chief Linked to Kremlin

The outing reignited scrutiny of Kremlev’s hundreds of thousands of dollars in wedding payments and drew warnings that the ties could be exploited by Russian intelligence.

  • In late August, Trump, the son of President Donald Trump, traveled to the Mongolian province of Uvs to hunt with Putin-connected oligarch Umar Kremlev, who leads the International Boxing Association.
  • Kremlev covered hundreds of thousands of dollars in costs for a three-day Bahamas wedding celebration for Trump and Bettina Anderson, including a private island and fireworks show.
  • During the outing, Trump bagged an endangered Altai, according to a local guide. One person on the trip said the pair were "cautious" about being photographed together.
  • Sen John Curtis has pushed for a congressional investigation into the wedding payments on Capitol Hill, while former National Security Council official Holden Triplett warned Russian intelligence could weaponize the relationship.
  • Despite evidence of ongoing ties since an Istanbul event in September 2025, Trump's camp insists there is nothing to see, describing the connection as a personal friendship built on hunting and fishing.
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Kremlev, a businessman close to Putin, joined Trump Jr. on a trip to Mongolia. Experts warn: Russian services will attempt to instrumentalize any connection to the US President's son.

·Lisboa, Portugal
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Trump Jr. brings the relationship with a Russian oligarch to Bredouille twice: First the Kremlin friend is said to have paid part of the wedding expenses. And now, according to a report, both of them have secretly met on a hunting trip in Mongolia.

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The episode, revealed by the Financial Times, occurred in August, four months after another scandal: the same Umar Kremlev had paid for the wedding of the son of the tycoon. The two were looking for an endangered specimen, the argali of the Altai

·Rome, Italy
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The US President's son, Donald Trump Jr., spent two days at a remote Mongolian hunting camp this summer with Russian businessman Umar Kremlev, who has close ties to President Vladimir Putin, the Financial Times (FT) reports.

·Vilnius, Lithuania
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dailymail.com broke the news on Sunday, October 25, 2026.
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