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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPutin-linked lawyer Veselnitskaya can somehow afford luxury real-estate on 5-figure-salary.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/here-is-how-a-russian-lawyer-linked-to-trump-suddenly-became-very-wealthy/But according to two separate Russian financial databases (Larix and Cronos), Weiss found that she went from a salary of $1,559 a year in 1993 to earning $53,645 in 2003. But, what sparked the most curiosity was how she bought pricey properties situated a short distance from Vladimir Putin's presidential residence.
In August 2003, before the lion's share of that $53,645 was earned, the Russian land registry shows that Veselnitskaya was somehow able to buy two large plots of land in an elite residential community in the Moscow suburbs -- properties that cannot have been sold for less than $500,000 apiece at the time, according to two Russian brokers with extensive experience selling in that area, Weiss reports.
A majority of her 2003 income was made after she bought the property in DSK Riita estimated to be worth $1 million. Three years later, she built a home on the land, which can be seen in a 2015 promotional video for another home in the neighborhood.
"The cost of developing completed houses in that community in 2006 were in the ballpark of $10 to $12 million," Anya Levitov, a Russian broker told Weiss.
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An innocent little lawyer, with a pretty standard 5-figure-salary... can somehow afford to buy prime real-estate in an elite neighborhood for $10 million.
Now, there's definitely no corruption going on when this squeaky-clean lawyer can afford such expenses and there's absolutely nothing fishy happening when she meets Trump Jr. to discuss russian adoptions.
It is absolutely laughable to assume that she's a go-between for rich and powerful people who value her services enough to finance her $10 million home.
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Putin-linked lawyer Veselnitskaya can somehow afford luxury real-estate on 5-figure-salary. (Original Post)
DetlefK
Sep 2017
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Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)1. More puzzle pieces...
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)2. Russia invented corruption
Putin's watches cost more than he could earn in 2 lifetimes. His watches!