This guy owned the Crocus venue as a part of his real estate group, also called Crocus
Aras Agalarov - Wikipedia
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Agalarov has served as a liaison between Trump and Putin. According to an interview, they once discussed the construction of a Trump Tower in Russia. 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.
In 2014, Kyrgyzstan signed a treaty with Russia that named Crocus Group as the single supplier of services to integrate into the Eurasian Economic Union, avoiding competitive bidding on the $127 million deal.
Agalarov's son, Emin, helped arrange Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya's meeting with Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort in Trump Tower on 9 June 2016. 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.
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.