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Oct 19, 2021 • 17 tweets • 6 min read • Read on X
FBI is at DC home of Oleg Deripaskađź‘€
Not sure if this is related but this October 2019 Bloomberg story described raid on Oleg Deripaska-Linked real estate company Terra Services Ltd, US prosecutors were seeking filings in criminal probe, laundering investigation grew out of Mueller's work

The FBI are at Oleg Deripaska's DC mansion which WaPo story is owned by Hestia International and operated by Gracetown Inc - the chief exec of Gracetown is Graham Bonham-Carter who worked for Terra Services

Here's the 2017 WaPo story on Deripaska's DC home

The Russian billionaire next door: Putin ally is tied to one of D.C.’s swankiest mansions

washingtonpost.com/politics/the-r…
In 2020 the UK judge said Terra can’t keep docs from US investigators, police raid that seized docs was legal & US investigation goes beyond Manafort & Gates

The FBI law enforcement activity at the Washington DC home of Russia oligarch Oleg Deripaska is connected to a federal investigation out of New York

cnn.com/2021/10/19/pol…
Update from @ChristopherJM HT @Matthew_Shadle

Deripaska spokesman confirmed searches are underway in homes belonging to his relatives in New York and Washington. Spox said Deripaska doesn't own the homes but searches related to US sanctions against him

FBI agents investigating whether Oleg Deripaska violated U.S. sanctions searched homes he has used in New York and Washington DC

In 2018 the Treasury Dept imposed sanctions against Deripaska and his aluminum company EN+ Group, Rusal and other subsidiaries
nytimes.com/2021/10/19/us/…
Link to 2018 sanctions against Deripaska, EN+ Group, Rusal and some of his other companies and other Russian oligarchs and entities

home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel…
From May 2018 Rusal - which was 48% owned by Oleg Deripaska's EN+ - was set to escape sanctions after Treasury amends Russia blacklist - Aluminum giant’s owner EN+ Group was at risk of a delisting from LSE without Treasury reprieve

Dec 2018 Treasury Dept notified congress of plans to terminate sanctions on Oleg Deripaska's En+ Group, Rusal & EuroSibEnergo in 30 days


Jan 2019 Senate vote cleared way for Treasury Dept to remove Deripaska's Rusal from blacklist
https://t.co/SNLU7mRmsA
Thread on Deripaska's company Rusal and its investment in Braidy Industries in Kentucky, at the time run by Craig Bouchard who years before did prior business with Russian company Severstal

Deripaska transferred many of his company shares and ownership in property to others, including relatives, to avoid complications from sanctions

I've been following Deripaska/Rusal for years, some info in thread on how Rusal has been a key hub of people close to Putin including Viktor Vekselberg, Len Blavatnik & Matthias Warnig, Deputy Chairman of Rosneft and Managing Director of Nord Stream 2 AG

Information from @carolecadwalla on Deripaska's UK links

A recent disappointing update on the board of EN+

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May 12
American Bitcoin (20% owned by Don Jr & Eric Trump) and majority owned by Hut 8 will go public via merger w/Gryphon Digital Mining, will trade as ABTC on Nasdaq

Ex Cambridge Analytica exec Brittany Kaiser is a Gryphon director, was Board Chair thru Sept24
coindesk.com/markets/2025/0…
In my story (Russian-American businessman who loaned $8M to Trump Media sent $10.8M to firm that may link to Don Jr. and Eric Trump’s new business partners) - I reported on connections between Gryphon Digital and people linked to Trump-related deals
newstracs.com/news-on-russia…
In March I reported on some of Don Jr & Eric Trump's biz partners and found a connection with Gryphon Digital where Brittany Kaiser had been board chair

I noted "maybe there is more to these connections than meets the eye" - today's news shows I was right
newstracs.com/news-on-russia…Screenshot shows text excerpt from the article for a section that starts "It would be a coincidence..." The link in the post goes to the full article.
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May 11
Trump admin poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as gift for Trump from Qatar

The jet worth $400M will be overhauled by L3Harris, used as Air Force One and later transferred to Trump's presidential library foundation

WH & DOJ claim this is not a bribe
abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump…
Trump Wants a New Air Force One So Badly He’s Refurbishing a Qatari Plane

In this earlier story from May 1st WSJ reported L3Harris was tapped to overhaul the Qatari Boeing 747 - and that after Trump toured the plane and said he was considering buying it

wsj.com/business/airli…
More on L3Harris
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Mar 24
NEW: Russian-American businessman Anton Postolnikov loaned $8M to Trump Media in 2021-2022. He also sent $10.8M to a firm named Eleven Ventures LLC. New reporting shows a firm with that name is linked to Eric and Don Jr.'s new business partners, my latest:
newstracs.com/news-on-russia…
Russian-American financier loaned $8M to Trump Media in 2021-2022 and sent $10.8M to firm that may link to Don Jr & Eric Trump

The MSM is behind on this story - to support this work donations are appreciated on my site or find me on Patreon & Substack

newstracs.com/news-on-russia…
Last year The Guardian reported Russian-American businessman Anton Postolnikov, nephew of an ally of Russian President Putin, provided $8 million in loans to Trump’s social media company in late 2021 and early 2022 and $10.8M to Eleven Ventures LLC
newstracs.com/news-on-russia…
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Feb 18
The US-Russia meeting about a Ukraine peace plan not only excluded Ukraine, a main focus is restoring US/Russia relations.

Kremlin spokesman Peskov said talks would be focused on “restoring the entire range of U.S.-Russian relations" as well as Ukraine.

apnews.com/article/russia…
At mtg: US Sect of State Rubio, nat'l security adviser Mike Waltz, special envoy Steve Witkoff, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan, nat'l security adviser Musaed al Alban
apnews.com/article/russia…
It is so on brand that the Trump administration's first meeting with Russia about a Ukraine peace plan not only excluded Ukraine, it did not include any European officials and did include two officials from Saudi Arabia who hosted the meeting.

apnews.com/article/russia…
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Dec 23, 2024
Rumors have been swirling that Elon Musk may donate $100 million to Nigel Farage’s right-wing Reform UK party - in a small scoop, I report Musk has just incorporated X. AI London Ltd, showing he is 'reaching across the pond' on multiple fronts, my latest:
newstracs.com/elon-musk-may-…
Last week Musk met with Nigel Farage and Reform’s party treasurer Nick Candy at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

Filings on UK Companies House show that this month Musk also incorporated X . AI London Ltd

xAI has raised nearly $12 billion and is valued at $50 billion
newstracs.com/elon-musk-may-…
Earlier this year I reported the first $6bil funding round for xAI included $400 million from Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal al Saud and Kingdom Holding (per June 2024 financial statement). That amount has likely increased with the latest financing round.
newstracs.com/elon-musk-may-…
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Dec 14, 2024
SEC charged Cantor Fitzgerald, led by Trump’s Commerce pick Howard Lutnick, with breaking securities laws re: disclosures by blank-check companies before they raised money from the public. Cantor Fitzgerald agreed to settle and pay $6.75mil civil penalty.
cnbc.com/2024/12/12/sec…
Here's SEC filing re: Cantor Fitzgerald - concerning materially false and misleading statements made by two special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) controlled by Cantor Fitzgerald - re: CFAC II merger w/View, Inc. and CFAC V merger w/Satellogic Inc.
sec.gov/files/litigati…
Cantor’s settlement echoes $18mil settlement Digital World Acquisition Corp (DWAC) agreed to pay SEC in July 2023 after charges of fraud for failing to disclose to investors DWAC had merger discussions with Trump’s then-private company Trump Media
cnbc.com/2024/12/12/sec…
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