Tag: Emin Agalarov

Trump-linked Russian pop star cancels U.S. trip for fear he will be him detained in the Russia probe

On Monday, NBC News reported that Emin Agalarov, a Russian pop star linked to President Donald Trump, announced that he is canceling his North American tour, citing his lawyers’ fears…

On Monday, NBC News reported that Emin Agalarov, a Russian pop star linked to President Donald Trump, announced that he is canceling his North American tour, citing his lawyers’ fears that he could be held as a material witness in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of links between the Trump campaign and the Russian government:

In a video on Facebook, Agalarov claimed he had nixed the upcoming tour “against his will.” His lawyer said in a telephone interview with NBC News that he doesn’t want his client coming to America under fear of being held under a material witness warrant. Agalarov had been scheduled to perform in New York on Saturday night.

Agalarov is seen as a figure in special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian election interference. Agalarov’s lawyer told NBC News last July that his talks with Mueller’s team were “ongoing,” but NBC News reporting at the time indicated that the singer had not been officially interviewed.

View the complete January 21 article by Matthew Chapman on the AlterNet website here.

The man who drives Trump’s Russia connection

The following article by Andrew Roth was posted on the Washington Post website July 22, 2017:

From left, Crocus Group Vice President Emin Agalarov, Donald Trump and Crocus Group President Aras Agalarov hold a news conference on the Miss Universe pageant in 2013. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev/TASS via Getty Images)

MOSCOW — In 2013, the Russian oligarch Aras Agalarovand his son, Emin, arranged an extravagant party entrance for their guest, Donald Trump: an armored Mercedes stretch limo driving off a freight elevator right into a ballroom with 3,000 bedazzled Russian guests.

They were worried Trump’s security detail might spoil the surprise. Then Trump waved his team off.

“Don’t bother with them,” he said, Emin Agalarov, a pop singer, told The Washington Post last year in an interview. “I’m going where I want to go because I trust you.” Continue reading “The man who drives Trump’s Russia connection”