The Financial Times: In August, Donald Trump Jr. spent two days on a hunting trip in western Mongolia with Omer Karamelev, a businessman with a criminal record and ties to Vladimir Putin's personal security detail. This will be evidenced by data from guides, local authorities, flight tracking, social networks and public documents. Trump Jr.'s spokesman claims that they have a personal friendship, not a business relationship: they were introduced by a mutual acquaintance from the hunting world, and bonded over hunting, fishing and spending time in nature. Intelligence experts warn that such connections are vulnerable to manipulation by Russian intelligence agencies. The meeting took place after the Kremlin visited and paid for some of Trump Jr.'s wedding celebrations on a private Caribbean island in May; The US president later said that his son returned the money to him. At the end of August, Trump Jr. flew to Ulaanbaatar and went to a camp in the Uvs district. As a member of the president's family, he traveled with Secret Service protection; The US Embassy paid for $18,715 in hotel rooms for the service's "visit" period from August 23 to September 6. On August 27, the Kremlin left the broadcasting authority conference in Kazakhstan and arrived on a chartered flight to Ulaanbaatar, after which he traveled to the Trump Jr. camp, accompanied by Artur Martirosan, a partner in the D'Rossov Foundation. Instead, they avoided taking pictures together. Karmelev, president of the International Boxing Association, became rich thanks to his proximity to the government. He was born Omer Lutpolov, in his youth he was convicted of extortion and beatings, and in 2010 he changed his Tajik surname to a more Russian name. He headed the Russian Boxing Federation, in 2020 became the president of the IBA with a major sponsorship from Gazprom, and was part of Putin's delegation to China. Their first known meeting was at an IBA event in Istanbul last year, where Trump Jr. called Karamlev a friend. After two days in the camp, Karmelev went to the battle of Byakutsk, and Trump Jr. hunted for another week in Bayen-Olegy.

The Financial Times: In August, Donald Trump Jr. spent two days on a hunting trip in western Mongolia with Omer Karamelev, a businessman with a criminal record and ties to Vladimir Putin's personal security detail. This will be evidenced by data from guides, local authorities, flight tracking, social networks and public documents. Trump Jr.'s spokesman claims that they have a personal friendship, not a business relationship: they were introduced by a mutual acquaintance from the hunting world, and bonded over hunting, fishing and spending time in nature. Intelligence experts warn that such connections are vulnerable to manipulation by Russian intelligence agencies. The meeting took place after the Kremlin visited and paid for some of Trump Jr.'s wedding celebrations on a private Caribbean island in May; The US president later said that his son returned the money to him. At the end of August, Trump Jr. flew to Ulaanbaatar and went to a camp in the Uvs district. As a member of the president's family, he traveled with Secret Service protection; The US Embassy paid for $18,715 in hotel rooms for the service's "visit" period from August 23 to September 6. On August 27, the Kremlin left the broadcasting authority conference in Kazakhstan and arrived on a chartered flight to Ulaanbaatar, after which he traveled to the Trump Jr. camp, accompanied by Artur Martirosan, a partner in the D'Rossov Foundation. Instead, they avoided taking pictures together. Karmelev, president of the International Boxing Association, became rich thanks to his proximity to the government. He was born Omer Lutpolov, in his youth he was convicted of extortion and beatings, and in 2010 he changed his Tajik surname to a more Russian name. He headed the Russian Boxing Federation, in 2020 became the president of the IBA with a major sponsorship from Gazprom, and was part of Putin's delegation to China. Their first known meeting was at an IBA event in Istanbul last year, where Trump Jr. called Karamlev a friend. After two days in the camp, Karmelev went to the battle of Byakutsk, and Trump Jr. hunted for another week in Bayen-Olegy.