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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBREAKING: Putin-linked Russian oligarch Len Blavatnik was a VIP at RNC Convention
Link to tweet
2- He is a co-owner of the Russian aluminum company RUSAL with Oleg Deripaska and Viktor Vekselberg. Deripaska was in business with Manafort and Vekselberg worked with Wilbur Ross at the Bank of Cyprus.
3- Deripaska and Vekselberg are widely seen as the closest oligarchs to the Kremlin.
4- Also on the VIP list at the RNC: Current US Ambassador to the UK Woody Johnson, and mega-donors Robert Weiser, Louis DeJoy and Roy Bailey.
5- "Possible drop ins": @Reince, @stevenmnuchin1, US Ambassador to Italy Lew Eisenberg
6- Blavatnik has donated to the RNC's legal defense fund for the Russia investigation: WSJ https://t.co/bCD8XMKlxg
7- During the 2016 Trump Tower meeting with the Russians, Paul Manafort typed a cryptic note on his phone referring to the RNC and political donations: NBC https://t.co/GRYAizXxBU
I thought this tweet was an incredibly important response, IF true and I believe it is.
My cats' butler (not-so-stable not-so-smart like) @ladykayaker
Replying to @ScottMStedman
he has dual citizenship and is allowed to donate to US elections and vote in them under his US citizenship. This means he can launder Putin's money into US campaigns--he can make a contribution and Putin can reimburse him under the cover of some other business transaction.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)ass covered when it came to Money in order to run Federal as well as State GOP Campaigns for quite so time. F----n treasonous Asshole.
kentuck
(111,111 posts)2- He is a co-owner of the Russian aluminum company RUSAL with Oleg Deripaska and Viktor Vekselberg. Deripaska was in business with Manafort and Vekselberg worked with Wilbur Ross at the Bank of Cyprus.
3- Deripaska and Vekselberg are widely seen as the closest oligarchs to the Kremlin.
BigmanPigman
(51,672 posts)"All the Presidents Men" or "All the Russians' Men". It has the same cast of characters, doesn't it?
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)And he was knighted last year for his philanthropy! Well, I guess when you are the world's richest man at $17 billion, you can have your finger in a lot of pots.
pnwmom
(109,025 posts)which don't mention his still being a citizen of Russia.
Maraya1969
(22,516 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,795 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Premeditated breaking the law means you plan it so you can't be convicted.