Russian businessman tied to Putin paid for much of Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding

Some of the festivities for Donald Trump Jr.’s intimate wedding celebration on two private Bahamian islands in May were paid for by a wealthy Russian who does business with the state.

Umar Kremlev is the president of the International Boxing Association, a Switzerland-based sports league financed by Russian state energy giant Gazprom. He recently accompanied Russian President Vladimir Putin on a delegation to China, and he is under Ukrainian sanctions that describe him as a “close friend of the head of Putin’s security service.”