Putin’s state bank financed Trump Toronto through a chain of KGB-linked companies. A broker for Trump Panama admitted half his buyers were Russian mafia. Kushner bought property from a Putin-allied oligarch and financed it through Deutsche Bank. Same network, three continents.
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#7 The Front Company: How Russian Intelligence Built a Business Inside Trump Tower
Bayrock Group set up shop in Trump Tower, staffed by a Soviet commerce official and a convicted felon turned FBI informant, funded by Kazakh oligarchs, and designed to move Russian money through luxury real estate. 77% of Trump SoHo units were bought with cash by shell companies formed days before purchase. This is the KGB front company playbook with expensive suits.
Read More#4 Brighton Beach: How the Russian Mob Set Up Shop in Trump’s Buildings
The Jackson-Vanik Amendment opened American doors to 600,000 Soviet emigrants. It also let in the Russian mafia. By the 1980s, Brighton Beach was the headquarters of America’s most ruthless criminal organization – and Trump Tower was their favorite laundromat.
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