A Putin-Friendly Oligarchs Top US Executive Donated $285,000 to Trump - Mother Jones
The head of Viktor Vekselbergs American subsidiary helped finance Trumps inauguration.
Earlier this year, as Donald Trump, then the president-elect, was trying to counter news reports that Russia had hacked the 2016 election to help him win, the head of the American subsidiary of a Russian conglomerate owned by a Russian oligarch with close ties to President Vladimir Putin made a huge donation to Trump.
On January 6the day the US intelligence community reported that Putin had approved a covert operation to subvert the presidential campaign to assist TrumpAndrew Intrater donated $250,000 to Trumps inauguration fund.
Intrater is the CEO of Columbus Nova, the lone American subsidiary of Renova Group, a giant holding company owned by oligarch Viktor Vekselberg with interests in the metals, mining, chemical, construction, transport, energy, telecommunication, and financial sectors in Russia and abroad. Intrater, an American citizen, is Vekselbergs cousin, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In June, Intrater also made a $35,000 contribution to a joint fundraising committee for Trumps reelection and the Republican National Committee. -
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