Manafort’s Business Ties To Russian Oligarch Significantly Higher Than Previously Reported
Manafort had at least $60 million in business ties to Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska.
Donald Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort’s financial ties to Russia were “much stronger” than previously known, according to a bombshell new NBC News report.
NBC reported Friday that Manafort had at least $60 million is business ties to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, $26 million more than previously was known.
According to NBC, “$26 million changed hands in the form of loan between a company linked to Manafort and the oligarch, Oleg Deripaska, a Russian billionaire with close ties to the Kremlin.”
The report goes on to note “The loan brings the total of their known business dealings to around $60 million over the past decade, according to financial documents filed in Cyprus and the Cayman Islands.”
Deripaska is one of the top Russian Oligarchs in Vladimir Putin’s inner circle.
Read the full NBC report here.
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