{"id":1597,"date":"2017-07-10T19:36:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T19:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/07\/10\/a-long-history-agalarov-trump-and-vladimir-putin\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:19:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:19:09","slug":"a-long-history-agalarov-trump-and-vladimir-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/a-long-history-agalarov-trump-and-vladimir-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"A Long History: Agalarov, Trump and Vladimir Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emin Agalarov, who&nbsp;<a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP_Politics\/status\/884444373827694592&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1499980009360000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH3YlWn8qSox88IB2vNvaV7tPpbTw\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP_Politics\/status\/884444373827694592\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly<\/a>&nbsp;requested the meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and the Russian lawyer who promised damaging information on Hillary Clinton, is closely tied to Vladimir Putin and&nbsp;a&nbsp;good friend of the Trump family.<\/p>\n<p><em>Here is&nbsp;a&nbsp;brief look at their&nbsp;long&nbsp;history&nbsp;together:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Emin Agalarov is the son of&nbsp;a&nbsp;close Putin ally Aras Agalarov, who was&nbsp;a&nbsp;liaison between Trump and Putin during the 2013 Miss Univerise pageant in Moscow and tried to set up&nbsp;a&nbsp;meeting between Trump and Putin.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2016\/05\/donald-trump-russia-moscow-miss-universe-223173&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1499980009360000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEokVeDp3dfmP-ZXmlQjlpqgxvT7A\" href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2016\/05\/donald-trump-russia-moscow-miss-universe-223173\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Politico<\/a>:&nbsp;&ldquo;Soon after meeting Trump, the Agalarovs persuaded him to bring the 2013 pageant to one of their marquee properties: Crocus City Hall,&nbsp;a&nbsp;7,500-seat concert hall they had opened four years earlier.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Daily Mail, 5\/25\/16: &ldquo;Donald Trump has not met Vladimir Putin, Daily Mail Online can reveal &#8211; but did use one of his oldest and most trusted political friends to reach out to the Republican as&nbsp;long&nbsp;ago as 2013&hellip;At the final of the Miss Universe contest, Kozhin was ensconced in&nbsp;a&nbsp;VIP area with Trump&#39;s Russian partner in staging the contest,&nbsp;<strong>Aras Agalarov,&nbsp;a&nbsp;billionaire real estate mogul, who is also closely tied to Putin<\/strong>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/inside-trumps-financial-ties-to-russia-and-his-unusual-flattery-of-vladimir-putin\/2016\/06\/17\/dbdcaac8-31a6-11e6-8ff7-7b6c1998b7a0_story.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1499980009360000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGQgkLu3wg4j0A96hhez4ja6jlqEQ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/inside-trumps-financial-ties-to-russia-and-his-unusual-flattery-of-vladimir-putin\/2016\/06\/17\/dbdcaac8-31a6-11e6-8ff7-7b6c1998b7a0_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Post<\/a>:&nbsp;&ldquo;Donald Trump was in his element, mingling with beauty pageant contestants and business tycoons as he brought his Miss Universe pageant to Russia for&nbsp;a&nbsp;much-anticipated Moscow debut. Nonetheless, Trump was especially eager for the presence of another honored guest: Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump tweeted Putin&nbsp;a&nbsp;personal invitation to attend the pageant, and&nbsp;a&nbsp;one-on-one meeting between the New York businessman and the Russian leader was scheduled for the day before the show. Putin canceled at the last minute, but he sent&nbsp;a&nbsp;decorative lacquered box,&nbsp;a&nbsp;traditional Russian gift, and&nbsp;a&nbsp;warm note,&nbsp;<strong>according to Aras Agalarov,&nbsp;a&nbsp;Moscow billionaire who served as&nbsp;a&nbsp;liaison between Trump and the Russian leader<\/strong>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sf\/world\/2017\/01\/13\/trumps-foreign-network\/?utm_term%3D.2a59db83fc2f&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1499980009360000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFjzqUJ_NF-4Hqn14nKfCuannLH8A\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sf\/world\/2017\/01\/13\/trumps-foreign-network\/?utm_term=.2a59db83fc2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Post<\/a>:&nbsp;&ldquo;A&nbsp;week after Vladimir Putin awarded him&nbsp;a&nbsp;medal for service to Russia, billionaire developer&nbsp;<strong>Aras Agalarov was trying to broker&nbsp;a&nbsp;meeting between Putin and Donald Trump.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>It was November 2013, and Agalarov had paid $14 million to stage the Trump-owned Miss Universe pageant, which Trump had flown in to personally oversee.&nbsp;<strong>Agalarov knew Trump admired the Russian president, so he spoke to Kremlin contacts to set up&nbsp;a&nbsp;meeting.<\/strong>&nbsp; Putin canceled at the last minute, but Agalarov said the Russian leader sent Trump&nbsp;a&nbsp;&lsquo;friendly letter&rsquo; and an elegant lacquer box.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Emon Agalarov established&nbsp;a&nbsp;friendship with Donald Trump Sr. after they met in 2013 and he has been in touch with Trump&rsquo;s children since election day.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Donald Trump Sr. appeared in Emin Agalarov&rsquo;s music video.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/v&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1499980009361000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEFn8H1ANBjAPeu-AQRXRkYNVwJkw\" href=\"http:\/\/v\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Politico<\/a>:&nbsp;&ldquo;It also reveals more about his personal courtship of Putin, which&nbsp;long&nbsp;predates his presidential bid. At the heart of the episode is Trump&rsquo;s relationship with Aras Agalarov,&nbsp;a&nbsp;billionaire Russian real estate mogul with ties to Putin, and Agalarov&rsquo;s rakish son, Emin, 36,&nbsp;a&nbsp;dance-pop singer with ambitions to international stardom who got Trump to appear in one of his music videos.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/event\/emin-usa-launch-of-single-amor-170796172%23aras-agalarov-donald-trump-miss-universe-2012-olivia-culpo-and-emin-picture-id170653710&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1499980009361000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEf1qzI4pfJBmzLIIxtM9fMVFJlgw\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/event\/emin-usa-launch-of-single-amor-170796172#aras-agalarov-donald-trump-miss-universe-2012-olivia-culpo-and-emin-picture-id170653710\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Getty Images<\/a>:&nbsp;&ldquo;Aras Agalarov,&nbsp;Donald Trump, Miss Universe 2012&nbsp;Olivia Culpo&nbsp;and musician Emin attend Emin USA launch of single &#39;Amor&#39; party at The Act at The Palazzo Las Vegas on June 15, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>After the Miss Universe pageant, Trump and Emin Agalarov traded multiple tweets expressing hope about&nbsp;a&nbsp;partnership over Trump Tower Moscow.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/eminofficial\/status\/405826068508327936&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1499980009361000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGKmjkQ-RiyZ3wEkmq_zLHoiLmSvQ\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eminofficial\/status\/405826068508327936\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EMIN<\/a>: &ldquo;Thank you Sir we look forward to receiving you back in Moscow soon for some new exciting projects @realDonaldTrump&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/BaHIqLoIQAA-8RG.jpg\" border=\"0\" height=\"181\" id=\"m_4197901960214516940Picture_x0020_2\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/2\/?ui=2&amp;ik=df9410296b&amp;view=fimg&amp;th=15d2e00a5c605b86&amp;attid=0.2&amp;disp=emb&amp;attbid=ANGjdJ_T8jSCCyrugY51JVPHci4gYZ7T4qcTwasUanY4dzNXDpFUqWRmHS69HrBqW7WOMgHFA476n30AY-FlBJMdsHmkNe79-Ak9yz6jH7Skf4MrAUFh8L3VdTWujHU&amp;sz=w542-h362&amp;ats=1499893609352&amp;rm=15d2e00a5c605b86&amp;zw&amp;atsh=1\" width=\"271\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/eminofficial\/status\/400210760510754816&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1499980009361000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFtZyP3SV-p2P35aLcDqGD6boO11A\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eminofficial\/status\/400210760510754816\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EMIN<\/a>: &ldquo;@realDonaldTrump Mr. Trump thank you for brining #missuniverse to us we had an awesome time TRUMP tower Moscow &#8211; lets make it happen !&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/realdonaldtrump\/status\/399939505924628480&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1499980009361000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF5jxssVQ5jarVUI5tnlv4DLLMC-A\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realdonaldtrump\/status\/399939505924628480\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TRUMP<\/a>: &ldquo;@AgalarovAras&nbsp;&nbsp; I had&nbsp;a&nbsp;great weekend with you and your family. You have done&nbsp;a&nbsp;FANTASTIC job. TRUMP TOWER-MOSCOW is next. EMIN was WOW!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emin Agalarov&rsquo;s December 2014 birthday video opened with&nbsp;a&nbsp;message from Donald Trump.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v%3DaY6AsAqV9wg&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1499980009361000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEZr5lCR806rfHjBg43fe3ZmNisOQ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aY6AsAqV9wg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>:&nbsp;<strong>A&nbsp;birthday video posted by Emin Agalarov on December 14, 2014 opens with Donald Trump sitting at his desk<\/strong>&nbsp;saying the following:&nbsp; &ldquo;Emin I can&rsquo;t believe you&rsquo;re turning 35.&nbsp; You&rsquo;re getting older all the time.&nbsp; But you&rsquo;re&nbsp;a&nbsp;winner, you&rsquo;re&nbsp;achamp, you&rsquo;re great at real estate, and boy can you entertain. Happy 35<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;birthday. Go many, many more.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"196\" id=\"m_4197901960214516940Picture_x0020_1\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/2\/?ui=2&amp;ik=df9410296b&amp;view=fimg&amp;th=15d2e00a5c605b86&amp;attid=0.3&amp;disp=emb&amp;attbid=ANGjdJ-n6bgDsuFjlU9lfV4mM0ee6ijLZbnT4vHMIkfhNNlWDwMVaUvc42z0eR-Cj0biYXYsi6KOREOEtBnd-BXwIso8e3pR3ncWP7DAuUWUnws0Y3qEAB9nEzky2Ss&amp;sz=w696-h392&amp;ats=1499893609353&amp;rm=15d2e00a5c605b86&amp;zw&amp;atsh=1\" tabindex=\"0\" width=\"348\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emin Agalarov has exchanged text messages with Eric Trump since the election and exchanged text messages with Donald Trump Jr. in January 2017.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/chasewithorn\/2017\/03\/20\/inside-trumps-russia-connections-the-felon-and-the-pop-star\/%234c2d1aea3a47&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1499980009361000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG2aiCZB0qimxbVslquFC56Kb3hYw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/chasewithorn\/2017\/03\/20\/inside-trumps-russia-connections-the-felon-and-the-pop-star\/#4c2d1aea3a47\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forbes<\/a>: &ldquo;Emin, who will tour the U.S. in May and play in Miami, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago,&nbsp;<strong>has traded text messages with Eric Trump in the past few months<\/strong>, and he&#39;s keen to resume their Trump partnership. &lsquo;Anything Trump-related I would be interested to pursue,&rsquo; he says.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/noahkirsch\/2017\/03\/20\/russian-billionaire-family-trump-ties-ongoing\/%2327a7556c69b3&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1499980009361000&amp;usg=AFQjCNECRBfICg0PRtQWNk_1wUltHF5BZg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/noahkirsch\/2017\/03\/20\/russian-billionaire-family-trump-ties-ongoing\/#27a7556c69b3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forbes<\/a>:&nbsp;&ldquo;Among Agalarov&rsquo;s most striking claims: that he and his billionaire developer father, Aras, had plans to build&nbsp;a&nbsp;Trump Tower in Russia that would now likely be under construction had Trump not run for office; that&nbsp;<strong>he has maintained contact with the Trump family since the election, and has exchanged messages with Donald Trump Jr. as recently as January<\/strong>; and that President Trump himself sent&nbsp;a&nbsp;handwritten note to the Agalarovs in November after they congratulated him on his victory.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emin Agalarov told Forbes that Trump &ldquo;does not forget his friends.&rdquo;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/noahkirsch\/2017\/03\/20\/russian-billionaire-family-trump-ties-ongoing\/%2327a7556c69b3&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1499980009361000&amp;usg=AFQjCNECRBfICg0PRtQWNk_1wUltHF5BZg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/noahkirsch\/2017\/03\/20\/russian-billionaire-family-trump-ties-ongoing\/#27a7556c69b3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forbes<\/a>: Emin Agalarov: &ldquo;Now that he ran and was elected, he does not forget his friends.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Trump and the Agalarovs have been planning to partner on projects in Moscow for years, and the Agalarovs still have land reserved in Moscow for&nbsp;a&nbsp;Trump tower.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Aras Agalarov said he and Trump signed an agreement to build&nbsp;a&nbsp;Trump Tower in Moscow.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/inside-trumps-financial-ties-to-russia-and-his-unusual-flattery-of-vladimir-putin\/2016\/06\/17\/dbdcaac8-31a6-11e6-8ff7-7b6c1998b7a0_story.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1499980009361000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHAZOBDbRcyS5WFlyGbFipmUoXKHA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/inside-trumps-financial-ties-to-russia-and-his-unusual-flattery-of-vladimir-putin\/2016\/06\/17\/dbdcaac8-31a6-11e6-8ff7-7b6c1998b7a0_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Post<\/a>: &ldquo;Putin canceled at the last minute, but he sent&nbsp;a&nbsp;decorative lacquered box,&nbsp;a&nbsp;traditional Russian gift, and&nbsp;a&nbsp;warm note, according to Aras Agalarov,&nbsp;a&nbsp;Moscow billionaire who served as&nbsp;a&nbsp;liaison between Trump and the Russian leader. Still, the weekend was fruitful for Trump. He received&nbsp;a&nbsp;portion of the $14 million paid by Agalarov and other investors to bring the pageant to Moscow.<strong>Agalarov said he and Trump signed an agreement to build&nbsp;a&nbsp;Trump Tower in the heart of Moscow &mdash; at least Trump&rsquo;s fifth attempt at such&nbsp;a&nbsp;venture.<\/strong>&nbsp;And Trump seemed energized by his interactions with Russia&rsquo;s financial elite, at the pageant and&nbsp;aglitzy after-party in&nbsp;a&nbsp;Moscow nightclub. &lsquo;Almost all of the oligarchs were in the room,&rsquo; Trump bragged to Real Estate Weekly upon returning home.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emin Agalarov said his father and Trump would have&nbsp;a&nbsp;building under construction now if he hadn&rsquo;t run for president.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/noahkirsch\/2017\/03\/20\/russian-billionaire-family-trump-ties-ongoing\/%2327a7556c69b3&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1499980009361000&amp;usg=AFQjCNECRBfICg0PRtQWNk_1wUltHF5BZg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/noahkirsch\/2017\/03\/20\/russian-billionaire-family-trump-ties-ongoing\/#27a7556c69b3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forbes<\/a>: &ldquo;Among Agalarov&rsquo;s most striking claims: that&nbsp;<strong>he and his billionaire developer father, Aras, had plans to build&nbsp;aTrump Tower in Russia that would now likely be under construction had Trump not run for office<\/strong>; that he has maintained contact with the Trump family since the election, and has exchanged messages with Donald Trump Jr. as recently as January; and that President Trump himself sent&nbsp;a&nbsp;handwritten note to the Agalarovs in November after they congratulated him on his victory.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sf\/world\/2017\/01\/13\/trumps-foreign-network\/?utm_term%3D.2a59db83fc2f&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1499980009361000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH31XRefp1H52dJ4l5gaYS5Yhh_Rw\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sf\/world\/2017\/01\/13\/trumps-foreign-network\/?utm_term=.2a59db83fc2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Post<\/a>:&nbsp;&ldquo;In the Agalarovs, Trump appeared to have found potential partners who shared his fondness for the massive. The Agalarovs&rsquo; Crocus City complex on the outskirts of Moscow features&nbsp;a&nbsp;huge concert venue, Russia&rsquo;s largest movie theater and&nbsp;a&nbsp;giant shopping mall called Vegas.&nbsp; And like Trump, Aras Agalarov loved to put his name on his creations.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&lsquo;I convinced my father it would be cool to have next to each other the Trump Tower and Agalarov Tower,&rsquo; Emin Agalarov said.<\/strong>&nbsp; Those plans never got off the ground, due mainly to Russia&rsquo;s crashing economy.&nbsp;<strong>The Agalarovs still hope it happens, and at the Crocus site, one muddy field is still reserved for&nbsp;a&nbsp;Trump Tower.<\/strong>&nbsp; Months before the election, Aras Agalarov said he worried that if Trump won, U.S. conflict-of-interest laws could put&nbsp;a&nbsp;damper on his overseas business ventures.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emin Agalarov, who&nbsp;reportedly&nbsp;requested the meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and the Russian lawyer who promised damaging information on Hillary Clinton, is closely tied to Vladimir Putin and&nbsp;a&nbsp;good friend of the Trump family. Here is&nbsp;a&nbsp;brief look at their&nbsp;long&nbsp;history&nbsp;together: &nbsp; Emin Agalarov is the son of&nbsp;a&nbsp;close Putin ally Aras Agalarov, who was&nbsp;a&nbsp;liaison between Trump and Putin during <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Long History: Agalarov, Trump and Vladimir Putin - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/a-long-history-agalarov-trump-and-vladimir-putin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-07-10T19:36:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:19:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/2\/?ui=2&amp;ik=df9410296b&amp;view=fimg&amp;th=15d2e00a5c605b86&amp;attid=0.2&amp;disp=emb&amp;attbid=ANGjdJ_T8jSCCyrugY51JVPHci4gYZ7T4qcTwasUanY4dzNXDpFUqWRmHS69HrBqW7WOMgHFA476n30AY-FlBJMdsHmkNe79-Ak9yz6jH7Skf4MrAUFh8L3VdTWujHU&amp;sz=w542-h362&amp;ats=1499893609352&amp;rm=15d2e00a5c605b86&amp;zw&amp;atsh=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"7 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/a-long-history-agalarov-trump-and-vladimir-putin\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/a-long-history-agalarov-trump-and-vladimir-putin\/\",\"name\":\"A Long History: Agalarov, Trump and Vladimir Putin - 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