Russian mobsters needed a lot of property from a sleazy businessman who
never asks questions... Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it
down.
"In
1984, a Russian émigré named David Bogatin went shopping for apartments
in New York City.
The 38 year old had arrived in America seven years
before, with just $3 in his pocket. But for a former pilot in the Soviet
Army—his specialty had been shooting down Americans over North
Vietnam—he had clearly done quite well for himself.
Bogatin wasn’t
hunting for a place in Brighton Beach, the Brooklyn enclave known as
“Little Odessa” for its large population of immigrants from the Soviet
Union. Instead, he was fixated on the glitziest apartment building on
Fifth Avenue, a gaudy, 58 story edifice with gold plated fixtures and a
pink-marble atrium: Trump Tower.”
Read more here: https://newrepublic.com/article/143586/trumps-russian-laundromat-trump-tower-luxury-high-rises-dirty-money-international-crime-syndicate
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