A proposal to purchase Russian energy assets from Lukoil is deeply intertwined with White House efforts to negotiate an end to Russia's war in Ukraine. President Vladimir V. Putun asked Trump envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff to get the deal done during their Kremlin meeting, reasoning it could build goodwill while lowering global energy prices.
The deal's leader, Todd Boehly, is a major political donor to Mr. Trump, having contributed $1 million to MAGA Inc. last December. Family ties are extensive: the Trump family, including three sons, Kushner, Ivanka Trump, and the Witkoff family all have financial connections to partners in the deal through various business ventures, creating potential conflicts of interest. Key investors include International Holding Company overseen by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who controls Lunate, a fund that took a major stake in Affinity Partners, Kushner's post-White House private equity firm.
Other investors include Syrian-born Qatari billionaires Moutaz Al-Khayyat and Ramez Al-Khayyat, who partnered with Kushner and Ivanka Trump on a Mediterranean resort project in Albania.
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