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House of Trump, House of Putin2

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by Craig Unger


  Glover, Joanna (Juleanna Glover), 241

  Godfather of the Kremlin: The Decline of Russia in the Age of Gangster Capitalism (Klebnikov), 18

  Goldfarb, Alex, 175

  Goldstein, Boris, 205

  Goldstone, Rob, 201, 224, 229, 235–36, 239–41, 270

  golf course construction, 207

  Golubchik, Anatoly, 203, 270

  Gongadze, Georgy, 171–72

  Gorbachev, Mikhail, 35, 43, 44–45, 49, 60

  Gordon, J. D., 248–49

  Gordon, Ze’ev, 55n, 112

  Gordon Gekko, 36

  Gotti, John, 162

  Grachev, Pavel, 96

  Graff, Rhona, 229, 236

  Grand Hyatt Hotel (formerly Commodore Hotel), 23, 25–26, 29, 113

  greed

  1980s US, 36–37

  1990s Russia, 61

  2000s, 166

  Greenglass, David, 23

  Gref, Herman, 77, 209

  Griffin, Phil, 184

  Group DF, 234

  Groysman, Volodymyr, 245–46

  Guccifer 2.0 (hacker), 246, 250, 254

  gulag

  release of hard-core criminals, 27, 32

  vory v zakone (“thieves-in-law”), 31–32, 64, 83, 197

  Gusinsky, Vladimir, 116–17, 160, 174, 223

  Gyurcsány, Ferenc, 221

  Hamburger, Tom, 253

  Handzlik, Jan Lawrence, 157n–158n

  Hannity, Sean, 226

  Henry, James, 76, 203–04

  Herbst, John, 180–81, 186

  Hermitage Capital Management, 218

  Hicks, Hope, 249

  A Higher Loyalty (Comey), 4

  High Rock Holdings Ltd., 111–12

  Hoffen, Eugen von, 75n

  Hopkins, Robert, 15, 26

  Hotel Ukraine birthday gathering, 197–200

  Hungary

  FBI-Hungarian National Police Organized Crime Task Force, 108

  Mogilevich’s business operations, 62–63, 84–87

  Huxtable, Ada Louise, 11

  Hyatt Corporation, 25–26

  Hyde, Steve, 52–53

  Ibragimov, Alijan, 140

  Iceland’s financial collapse, 158

  Inkombank, 86–87

  Inshakov, Alexander, 83

  intelligence

  Steele Dossier regarding Trump giving US intelligence to Putin, 166–68, 213, 243–44

  Trump as an asset of Putin, 4, 225

  International Business Creations, 205

  Internet Research Agency, 253, 256

  Intourist, 49–50

  Iorizzo, Lawrence, 8

  ISIS, fighting, 220

  Israel

  citizenship for Russian mobsters, 62

  Law of Return, 62

  Mogilevich and Mikhailov summit, 89–90

  Itera International Energy Corporation, 120

  “It’s a Gas” investigation of the Turkmen-Ukraine gas trade, 112

  Ivankov, Eduard, 84

  Ivankov, Vyacheslav, 58, 59, 63–65, 68–69, 82–85, 89, 94, 114, 121, 197, 202, 224, 270

  Izmaylovskaya Organized Crime Group (OCG), 164–65

  Jackson, Henry M., 27

  Jackson-Vanik Amendment, 27

  Johnson, Enoch, 48

  Johnston, David Cay, 12

  Joly, Eva, 158

  Jones Day law firm, 216–17

  Judaism

  anti-Semitism, 27, 115, 221

  Chabad Lubavitch organization, 115–17, 144, 159–61, 167, 243, 260

  Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia, 159–60

  Hasidic movement, 116–17

  Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union, 27, 36, 57

  Jewish involvement in the Russian Mafia, 115

  Putin’s relationships with Jews, 115–17, 160

  REK (Rossiiskii Evreiskii Kongress), 115–16

  Kaalbye Group, 200

  Kalugin, Oleg, 16, 18, 28–29, 40–42, 50, 71–72, 101, 128, 176

  Kartofelnikov, Alexei, 103

  Kasich, John, 234–35

  Kasowitz, Marc, 93n

  Kasparov, Garry, 19

  Katsyv, Denis, 218, 240

  Kaveladze, Irakly, 205, 242–43, 270–71

  Kendall, David, 135

  Keyser Söze, 55

  KGB. See also Russian FSB

  character traits sought by, 69–70

  creation of hundreds of front companies, 70–71, 144–45

  First Chief Directorate (FCD), 46

  Intourist, 49–50

  need to recruit more American assets, 16, 28–29, 46–47

  Oleg Kalugin’s experience in, 41–42

  PGU division, 81n

  Khodorkovsky, Mikhail, 75–76, 174, 193, 251

  Khrapunov, Viktor, 157–58, 271

  Kilimnik, Konstantin, 184–85, 233, 235, 243, 254, 271

  Kilner, Scott F., 145–46

  King, Peter, 163

  Kirilenko, Anastasia, 85–86, 197–98

  Kislin, Semyon, 29, 113, 114, 123, 159, 271–72

  Kislyak, Sergey, 249–51, 272

  Klebnikov, Musa, 173

  Klebnikov, Paul, 18, 172–73, 177

  kleptocracy, Putin’s authoritarian, 18–19, 76, 78–79

  Knauss, Melania, 141

  Kobzon, Iosif, 28, 34, 94, 199

  Koch, Ed, 48, 52

  Kogan, Aleksandr, 256

  Kogan, Boris, 200

  kompromat (compromising materials)

  on Donald Trump, 3, 128, 213–14

  “honey traps” for visiting politicians and businessmen, 50

  on Viktor Orbán, 86, 196

  on Yuri Skuratov, 101

  Koulakovsky, Alexander, 119

  Kovner, Victor A., 24

  Kovtun, Dmitri, 178–79

  Kranish, Michael, 130

  Kravchenko, Yuriy, 172

  Kravchuk, Leonid, 109

  Kriss, Jody, 150

  Kruse, Michael, 24

  Kryuchkov, Vladimir, 46, 70–71, 127, 144

  K Street lobbyists, 118–20, 217

  Kuchma, Leonid, 80–81, 171–72

  Kukes, Simon, 250–51, 272

  Kumarin, Vladimir. See Barsukov, Vladimir

  Kunitsin, Alexey, 154

  Kursk submarine disaster, Putin’s handling of, 174

  Kushner, Charles, 116, 160

  Kushner, Jared, 116, 160, 161, 237, 239, 243, 250, 260

  Kuzio, Taras, 187

  Lauder, Leonard, 47

  Lauria, Salvatore, 133

  Lazar, Berel, 116–17, 159–61

  Lazarenko, Pavlo, 110

  LeBow, Bennett, 93, 272

  le Carré, John, 41–42, 55

  legal manipulation

  Dima Yakovlev Bill (anti-Magnitsky law), 238

  exploitation of loopholes in federal regulations by Fred Trump, 20–22

  gas-tax-evasion scam of the 1980s, 6–10, 34–35, 82, 132

  loans procured by fraud, 156

  Roy Cohn’s “Favor Bank” to help Donald Trump, 23–26

  Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act, 237–42

  tax evasion charges against Bayrock, 155–56

  “willful blindness” of Sater’s situation by Trump, 155–56

  Legal Petersburg Today, 98

  legal representation, notable, 120, 121n, 216–17

  Legendary Hotel Sovietsky, 58

  Lenin, Vladimir, 97

  Lenin’s Tomb (Remnick), 40

  Lenz, Dolly, 124

  Le Pen, Marine, 17

  Lerner, Richard, 132, 155

  Letterone, 216

  Leviev, Lev, 115–17, 123, 144, 159, 161, 167, 272–73

  Levine, Morton, 32, 162

  Levinson, Robert, 88

  Levin-Utkin, Anatoly, 98

  Lewandowski, Corey, 224, 230, 232–33, 235

  Linkov, Ruslan, 105

  Listyev, Vlad, 99

  Litvinenko, Alexander, 18, 78, 98–100, 101n, 103, 175–79, 213

  Litvinenko, Marina, 175, 17
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  The Litvinenko Inquiry (report), 178–79, 213

  lobbyists

  Black, Manafort, Stone, & Kelly’s work with dictators, 181–83

  Human Rights Accountability Global Initiative Foundation, 238

  K Street, 118–20, 217

  registration requirements, 186

  Lorber, Howard, 93, 273

  Lott, Trent, 216

  Loutchansky, Gregori, 231n

  Lown, Bernard, 44–45

  loyalty conversation between James Comey and Donald Trump, 4–5

  Lubyanka Building (Moscow), 97

  Lucchese crime family, 15, 26, 162

  Luciano, Charles (“Lucky”), 21–22, 162

  Lucicle Consultants Limited, 187

  Lugovoy, Andre, 178–79

  Luzhkov, Yuri, 93–94, 155, 273

  Lynch, Loretta, 136

  Lytton Ventures, 203–04

  Macierewicz, Antoni, 221–22

  Magnitsky, Sergei, 18, 218, 237–38

  Maher, Bill, 237

  Malakhov, Vladimir, 164–65, 202

  Malevsky, Anton, 114, 202

  Manafort, Andrea. See Shand, Andrea Manafort

  Manafort, Jessica, 190, 232, 233

  Manafort, Paul

  back channel to Putin, 235–44, 273

  controversial lobbying activities, 181–83, 238

  financial struggles, 232

  lawsuit against, 166

  money laundering, 187

  questionable relations with Russians, 215, 231, 254, 273

  secret deals to influence Russian politics, 185–86, 240–41, 254

  as Trump’s campaign manager, 232–33, 235, 254

  working for Yanukovych in Ukraine, 183–90, 219

  work with Brad Zackson, 21

  The Man Without a Face (Gessen), 69

  Maples, Marla, 65, 141

  Mar-a-Lago, 38

  Marchuk, Yevhen, 109

  Markov, Georgi, 42

  Markowitz, Michael, 8–10, 82

  Marlowe, Ann, 234

  Mashkevich, Alexander, 140–41, 142–45, 273–74

  Massoud, Ahmad Shah, 136

  Maxwell, Robert, 62

  McCain, John, 215, 252

  McCallion, Kenneth, 126, 166–69, 185, 188

  McCarthy, Joe, 23

  McCarthy, Kevin, 245–47

  McConnell, Mitch, 3, 216

  McFaul, Michael, 219

  McGahn, Don, 48n

  McGahn, Joseph, 48

  McGahn, Patrick (“Paddy”), 48–49

  McLaughlin, John, 243

  McNamara, Robert M., Jr., 135

  media

  censorship, 173–75, 222–23

  mysterious deaths and assassinations of journalists, 18n, 171–74

  reports about Russian cyber warfare, 253–54

  Russian influence campaign regarding 2016 US presidential elections, 253–54

  Russian journalists’ attempts to expose corruption, 177–79

  Surkov’s fake news to benefit Putin, 193–94

  2016 presidential election coverage and polling, 224–25, 234–35, 252, 259–62

  Medvedev, Dmitry, 77, 78, 257

  Meeks, Gregory, 242

  Melnychenko, Mykola, 171–72

  Mercer, Robert, 234

  Mezhyhirya (Yanukoych’s estate), 181

  Mifsud, Joseph, 230–31, 235

  Mikhailov, Sergei, 58–59, 62, 63, 87–90, 114n, 145, 197–98, 274

  Miller, Alexei, 77

  Millian, Sergei, 127–28

  Milov, Vladimir, 174

  Mirax Group, 154–55

  Miss Universe pageant, 92–93, 146, 204–06, 208–09, 211–12

  Mitrokhin Commission, 175, 178–79

  Mogilevich, Semion

  alleged criminal activities and charges against, 56–60, 61–63, 81–82, 85–87, 89, 94, 107, 109, 110–11, 164, 166, 168–69, 175–76, 179, 217

  alleged energy trade resources fraud, 189

  Arbat International, 57–58, 59, 63, 86–87

  assassination attempt on, 88

  “the boss of bosses” of the Russian Mafia, 29–30

  contempt for the US, 108, 234

  globalization plans, 106–07, 110

  Hotel Ukraine birthday gathering, 197–200

  Hungarian and European operations, 62–63, 84–87, 221

  interest in Vyacheslav Ivankov, 64

  legal representation, 120, 121n

  legitimate businesses, 58–59, 61–62

  name variants, 57n

  relationship with Dmitry Firtash, 111–13

  relationship with Donald Trump, 199, 213–14, 225, 274

  relationship with Felix Sater, 198–99

  relationship with Putin, 81–82, 106–07, 175–76, 179, 196

  reputation, 55, 84–85

  return to Russia, 80–81

  summit in Israel, 89–90, 106–07

  money laundering, 3, 12–14, 56, 59, 61–63, 66–67, 87–88, 121–23, 125, 134, 135, 187, 201–04, 205–06, 211, 223–24

  Montevecchi, Ernest (“Butch”), 29, 132, 162

  Moody, James, 61

  Moore, Martin, 257

  Morell, Michael, 240

  Moschella, William, 33

  Moses, Robert, 21

  Mueller, Robert, 156, 217

  mysterious deaths and assassinations

  Berezovsky, Boris, 174

  Gongadze, Georgy, 171–72

  Klebnikov, Paul, 18, 172–73, 177

  Litvinenko, Alexander, 18, 178–79

  Magnitsky, Sergei, 18

  Politkovskaya, Anna, 18, 173–74, 177

  Project Klebnikov, 173, 177

  statistics, 18n, 172

  Nahmad, Hillel, 204, 274–75

  Nakashima, Ellen, 253

  Nance, Malcolm, 253

  Narducci, Frank, Jr., 48

  National Rifle Association (NRA), 217

  NATO

  joining by 13 Eastern Bloc nations, 16, 106, 170

  possibility of Ukraine joining, 248

  Putin’s attack on Poland, 221

  Nayfeld, Benjamin, 33, 34

  Nayfeld, Boris, 33, 34

  Nazarbayev regime of Kazakhstan, 157n–158n

  Nektalov, Eduard, 123–24, 275

  Nektalov, Roman, 124

  Nemtsov, Boris, 223

  Nevskaya, Marina, 119

  New York City

  Commodore Hotel (later Grand Hyatt Hotel), 23, 25–26, 29, 113

  economic situation of the 1970s, 22–23

  taxi medallion business, 164

  New York (magazine), 26n

  Niemczyk, Julian Martin, 53

  Nikonov, Vyacheslav, 1, 263

  9/11 terrorist attacks, 136–37

  1980s Soviet Union

  changes in global affairs policies, 60

  economy, 13

  1998 bombing strike against al-Qaeda, 135

  1970s New York City, 22–23

  Nix, Alexander, 251, 256–57

  Nogueira, Alexandre Ventura, 146–47, 275

  Nordex company, 80

  nuclear arms

  Trump’s desire to get involved in talks, 43–45

  Nunes, Devin, 95

  Obama, Barack

  awareness of Russia’s interference in 2016 election, 5

  blacklisting of the Rotenberg brothers in 2014, 69n

  campaign donations, 239

  Global Magnitsky Act, 239, 241–42

  Hillary Clinton’s role in Obama’s cabinet, 219

  Putin’s criticism of, Trump’s view regarding, 208

  Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act, 237–38

  Oberlander, Frederick, 151, 155, 156

  O’Brien, Timothy, 155

  Odinkova, Galina, 64

  Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) report on 2016 elections, 227–28

  Operation Meltdown, 124

  Operation Red Daisy, 6–10, 8, 34–35, 82, 132

  Operation Successor, 102–03

/>   Orange Revolution, 171, 181

  Orbán, Viktor, 86, 196, 221

  Orbis Business Intelligence, 213

  O’Reilly, Bill, 248

  organized crime

  2013 gambling ring arrest in Trump Tower, 201–04

  differences between Italian Mafia and Russian Mafia, 35–36, 137

  meetings of rival gangs, 89

  Mitrokhin Commission, 175, 178–79

  in New York, 6–11, 15, 21–22, 25, 83, 162–63

  in Russia, 18–19, 218

  Oronov, Alex, 164

  Our Kind of Traitor (film), 55

  Owen, Sir Robert, 178–19

  Ozero dacha cooperative, 77, 242

  Page, Carter, 230, 251, 275

  Paltiel, Shalom, 161

  Panorama (TV show), 56

  Papadopoulos, George, 230–31, 235, 251, 275

  Papp, Katalin, 62

  Parker, Kyle, 242

  Parscale, Brad, 234

  Party of Regions, 180–81, 186, 188

  Patrushev, Nikolai, 179

  Patten, Sam, 233

  pay-for-play political culture

  K Street lobbyists, 118–20, 217

  Russian operatives’ role in, 3

  Perkins Coie law firm, 213

  Persits, Lev, 8

  Peskov, Dmitry, 209

  PGU division of the KGB, 81n

  Piatek, Tomasz, 221–22

  Pifer, Steven, 109

  Pileggi, Nicholas, 35–36

  Pintér, Sándor, 86

  Plame, Valerie, 149

  The Plot to Hack America (Nance), 253

  Podesta, John, 227, 231, 255–56, 257

  Podesta, Tony, 231

  Podesta Group, 231

  Poland, Russia’s attacks on, 221–22

  politicians targeted by Russia

  Breaux, John, 216

  Dole, Bob, 215

  Lott, Trent, 216

  McCain, John, 215

  McConnell, Mitch, 3, 216

  political action committees, 216

  Republican and Democrat, 3, 215–16, 231n

  Politkovskaya, Anna, 18, 173–74, 175, 177

  Polo, Roberto, 15

  polonium poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, 178–79, 213

  Polonsky, Sergei, 154–55, 167, 276

  Pomerantsev, Peter, 191, 193

  Portman, Rob, 249

  Portsmouth Rotary Club event (NH primary), 52

  Post, Henry, 26n

  Powell, Colin, 181

  presidential elections

  announcement of Trump’s candidacy, 224–27

  campaign donations, 239

  debates between Clinton and Trump, 258–59

  Trump compared to P.T. Barnum, 228–29

  Trump’s testing of the political waters in the 1980s, 52–53

  Prevezon Holdings, 218, 237, 240

  Pribylovsky, Vladimir, 101

  Priest, Dana, 253

  Project Klebnikov, 173, 177

  Prokhorov, Mikhail, 205

  “pump-and-dump” stock schemes, 35, 84, 111, 133–34

  Putin, Vladimir

  allegations of pedophilia, 176–77, 179

  attacks on Europe, 220–22

  authoritarian kleptocracy, 18–19, 76, 78–79

 

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