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Tevfik Arif

Turkish-Russian real estate developer (born 1953)

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Dec 3, 2025
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ways that RUSSIA financially helped Trump in the last 40 years

Reporting and investigations show multiple, recurring channels through which Russian-linked money or actors flowed into Trump businesses and projects since the late 1990s: Reuters documented at least ...

Dec 10, 2025
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What documented financial ties have existed between Russian businesses and Donald Trump since the 1980s?

Documented financial ties between Trump-related businesses and Russian or Soviet-linked individuals trace at least to the 1980s, with reporting showing purchases of Trump-condominiums by people later ...

Dec 4, 2025
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What loans or investments did Russian banks or oligarchs provide to Donald Trump or his businesses?

Investigations and reporting show substantial Russian-linked investment into Trump-branded real estate (at least about $98–100 million in Florida condo purchases) and long-running lending ties between...

Dec 6, 2025

What were the specifics of Trump's business dealings in Russia prior to his presidency?

Donald Trump pursued Russia-facing business opportunities from the late 1980s through the 2010s but, by most accounts in available reporting, never closed a major real-estate deal in Moscow; his organ...

Feb 4, 2026

What are verified instances of Russian investment or licensing deals involving Trump-branded properties after 2000?

Verified, post-2000 intersections between n money and -branded real estate fall into two clear buckets: purchases of Trump-branded units in the by people with Russian passports or addresses, and attem...

Dec 4, 2025

Which Russian banks and oligarchs are publicly documented as having financial ties to Donald Trump or his companies?

Publicly documented links between Donald Trump (and his companies) and Russian banks, oligarchs or Kremlin-linked financiers include: documented Russian-born buyers of Trump condos (at least $98.4 mil...

Nov 28, 2025

Which Trump Organization projects were linked to Russian investors and what evidence supports those links?

Reporting identifies several Trump Organization projects — notably Trump SoHo, multiple Trump-branded South Florida condominiums, the failed Trump Tower Moscow pitch and other Bayrock-linked developme...

Nov 26, 2025

What role did Deutsche Bank, Bayrock, or other intermediaries play in connecting Russian capital to Trump ventures?

Deutsche Bank served as one of the few major lenders willing to extend large credit lines to Donald Trump’s businesses from the late 1990s into the 2010s while the same institution was embroiled in la...