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What Happened in Moscow: The Inside Story of How Trump’s Obsession With Putin Began
👉 His 2013 visit paved the way for a scandal that shook the world.
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9Nov2013 Miss Universe staffers considered it an Open Secret that Trump’s true agenda in Moscow was not the show but his desire to do business there.
Yet to those around him that afternoon, Trump seemed gripped by one question: Where was Vladimir Putin?
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Once in Moscow, Trump received a private message from the Kremlin, delivered by Aras Agalarov, an Oligarch close to Putin & Trump’s partner in hosting the Miss Universe event there: “Mr. Putin would like to meet Mr. Trump.” That excited Trump.
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Now Rob Goldstone co-managed a PR firm, and his top priority was serving the needs of an AZERBAIJANI pop singer of moderate tal­ent named Emin Agalarov, son of Russian Oligarch Aras Agalarov from #Azerbaijan
👉 Now a connection to #Azerbaijan Trump Hotel.
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Donald Trump’s Worst Deal
👉 Trump helped build a hotel in #Azerbaijan that appears to be a corrupt operation engineered by Oligarchs tied to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
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The Iran Business Ties Trump Didn’t Disclose
Azarpassillo has another interesting connection; one of its apparent partners in #MoneyLaundering the Mammadov family of #Azerbaijan was also, until quite recently, in business with the Trump Organization.
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Ivanka Trump played key role in her father’s failed — and potentially corrupt — Azerbaijan hotel deal, report says
The 33-story luxury Trump International Hotel & Tower Baku, which never opened, was engineered by oligarchs, reporter Adam Davidson writes.
mercurynews.com/2017/03/10/iva…

#AzerbaijanHotel  potentially violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act & may have enabled #MoneyLaundering & other illegal activities undertaken by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
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