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ProPublica investigation finds Russian oligarch paid for Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding celebrations

WBUR
Published September 15, 2026 at 12:06 PM EDT
The Russian president of the International Boxing Association, Umar Kremlev, gives a press conference, in Paris, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. (Michel Euler/AP)
Michel Euler/AP
The Russian president of the International Boxing Association, Umar Kremlev, gives a press conference, in Paris, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. (Michel Euler/AP)

ProPublica reports that a Russian oligarch close to President Vladimir Putin secretly paid for some of Donald Trump Jr.’s recent wedding.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Joshua Kaplan, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter at ProPublica, who co-reported the story.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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