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Monday, 08/01/2016 6:37:40 PM

Monday, August 01, 2016 6:37:40 PM

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Why did Aras and Emin Agalarov spend $20 million on Miss Universe

13.11.2013. .. nibble ..

Forbes: Do you plan any joint projects with Donald Trump, may be construction ones?

A. A.: We discussed our joint projects right before our interview. We have just shared our views on such projects and he said they were quite interesting.

E. A.: We will complete one project and then go down to the next one. We may theoretically consider a possibility of building a Trump Tower as one of our sky-scrapers.

http://crocusgroup.com/press-center/news/749/

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Russia builds luxury Agalarov Estate


Aras Agalarov: building fashionable extravagance for the super-rich

By Will Stewart in Moscow
12:01AM GMT 30 Mar 2008 .. bit ..

Scottish baronial mansions, grand Mediterranean-style villas and vast, neo-Gothic castles are rising above the soaring pines just outside Moscow, where a community for Russia's super-rich is nearing completion.

[...]

Mr Agalarov, who has an eye for business on a grand scale and has been described as the Russian equivalent of Donald Trump, told The Sunday Telegraph: "There are a considerable number of people who want to buy the houses. Naturally, I can't give you any names. Prices are between £7.5 million and £12.5 million.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1583335/Russia-builds-luxury-Agalarov-Estate.html

Just to add a tiny more insight into two of Trump's Russian friends, the Aras and Emin Agalarov father and son team.

Repeat again The Washington Post article you posted here

Inside Trump’s financial ties to Russia and his unusual flattery of Vladimir Putin
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=123382294 .. which is also linked in the two upstream.

Trump and the GOP now certainly have many people with close connections to Russian billionaires involved in this election contest.

Oh almost forgot to include this mention of one of Putin's past endeavors.

WikiLeaks cables claim Russia armed Georgian separatists

Grad missiles given to rebels in South Ossetia and Abkhazia
in Russian campaign to undermine Georgia, US dispatches claim
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/01/wikileaks-cables-russia-georgian-separatists .. some 5 years ago.











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