Russian elite invested nearly $100 million in Trump buildings

[kpete]

A Reuters review found that at least 63 individuals with Russian passports or addresses have bought at least $98.4 million worth of property in seven Trump-branded luxury towers in southern Florida.

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“I can tell you, speaking for myself, I own nothing in Russia,” President Trump said at a news conference last month. “I have no loans in Russia. I don’t have any deals in Russia.”

But in the United States, members of the Russian elite have invested in Trump buildings. A Reuters review has found that at least 63 individuals with Russian passports or addresses have bought at least $98.4 million worth of property in seven Trump-branded luxury towers in southern Florida, according to public documents, interviews and corporate records.

The buyers include politically connected businessmen, such as a former executive in a Moscow-based state-run construction firm that works on military and intelligence facilities, the founder of a St. Petersburg investment bank and the co-founder of a conglomerate with interests in banking, property and electronics.

People from the second and third tiers of Russian power have invested in the Trump buildings as well. One recently posted a photo of himself with the leader of a Russian motorcycle gang that was sanctioned by the United States for its alleged role in Moscow’s seizure of Crimea.


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[ananda]

1. That's why Mar-a-lago is the real White House for 45.

We are just so screwed!

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. The most we can hope for is a president who thinks the earth is 6000 years old.

And who wants to torture gay people.

[dalton99a]

3. It's promixity to his Russian patrons.

[matt819]

4. They didn't invest

The funneled Putin money to 45. Or laundered money through him.

[dalton99a]

6. Bingo.

[tanyev]

5. Yeah, the question was never how much you had invested in Russia, Donald.