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Also see: Rob Goldstone; Emin Agalarov;
Undated: Aras Iskenderovich Agalarov (born 8 November 1955) is an Azerbaijani-Russian billionaire businessman, property developer, public figure, and author.
In January 2013, Agalarov and his son visited Las Vegas, Nevada, after Donald Trump, the beauty pageant's owner, announced at Miss Universe 2012 that the next competition would be hosted by Agalarov in Moscow.[3] He paid Trump $20 million to host the pageant.[2] In November 2013, President Vladimir Putin awarded Agalarov the Russian Order of Honor.[3] That month, Agalarov hosted Miss Universe 2013 at his Crocus City Hall.[3][4] Moreover, Agalarov's wife acted as a judge on the panel while his son was one of the performers.[5]
Herman Gref, who runs Sberbank of Russia, Agalarov and his son hosted a dinner for Trump on the night of the pageant.[3] While in Moscow, Phil Ruffin, who is a partner in Trump International Hotel Las Vegas, and Trump met with the Agalarov and his son at the Ritz-Carlton.[3] Trump then appeared in a music video with Agalarov's son alongside many of the contestants.[3] Trump and Agalarov planned on a $3 billion project, with state-owned Sberbank agreeing to provide 70% of the financing.[2]
Agalarov has served as a liaison between Trump and Putin.[6] According to an interview, they once discussed the construction of a Trump Tower in Russia.[7] Agalarov had also reportedly tried to set up a meeting between the two, but this was canceled due to Putin having to meet the Dutch royal couple at the time. Putin instead sent Trump a fedoskino miniature.[8]
Agalarov's son, Emin, helped arrange Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya's June 9, 2016 meeting with Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort in Trump Tower.[9][10] Following the meeting, Agalarov wired $1.2 million to a bank in New Jersey controlled by Emin, a transfer which is being investigated by American law enforcement.[4]
Emin said that after Trump won the United States presidential election in 2016, Trump sent them a handwritten note, saying he does not forget his friends.[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aras_Agalarov
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