Who is Umar Kremlev, the Russian oligarch who reportedly helped pay for Donald Trump Jr’s wedding?
Photograph: SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenUmar Kremlev. His outfit, Patriot, counted the former American world champion Roy Jones Jr among its roster. The two are also related: Proekt reported that Kremlev is married to Rubezhny’s sister.Kremlev’s rise through boxing came soon afterwards.
- ▪Photograph: SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenUmar Kremlev.
- ▪His outfit, Patriot, counted the former American world champion Roy Jones Jr among its roster.
- ▪The two are also related: Proekt reported that Kremlev is married to Rubezhny’s sister.Kremlev’s rise through boxing came soon afterwards.
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Umar Kremlev. Photograph: SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenUmar Kremlev. Photograph: SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty ImagesDonald Trump JrProfileWho is Umar Kremlev, the Russian oligarch who reportedly helped pay for Donald Trump Jr’s wedding?The businessman has spent the past decade moving through some of Russia’s most politically connected circlesPjotr SauerTue 15 Sep 2026 03.00 EDTLast modified on Tue 15 Sep 2026 03.01 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleUmar Kremlev, the Russian oligarch at the centre of reports that he helped pay for Donald Trump Jr’s wedding in the Bahamas, has spent the past decade moving through some of Russia’s most politically connected circles.Born in 1982 in Serpukhov, an industrial town about 60 miles south of Moscow, he has said he…
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