A Vladimir Putin ally who bankrolled Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish Bahamas wedding is closely linked to a Russian organization accused of helping abduct Ukrainian children—a particularly awkward connection given Melania Trump’s campaign to bring those children home.
Umar Kremlev, head of the International Boxing Association (IBA), spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on President Donald Trump’s eldest son’s May wedding and even attended part of the three-day reception, according to ProPublica.
In addition to heading the scandal-ridden IBA, Kremlev has strong ties to the health and youth sports group Healthy Fatherland, the outlet reported. Ukraine has sanctioned the organization for allegedly helping Russia carry out the “mass abduction, illegal deportation, and forced relocation” of Ukrainian citizens, including children, in occupied territories under the guise of “rehabilitation.”
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