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The Chabad movement was founded in Lithuania in 1775.
Starting in 1999, Putin got the oligarchs Lev Leviev and Roman Abramovich to create the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia under the leadership of Chabad rabbi Berel Lazar.
The Federation's purpose was to undermine the Russian Jewish Congress, led by oligarch Vladimir Gusinsky, a potential threat to Putin and President Boris Yeltsin.
Lev Leviev and Roman Abramovich are Chabad's biggest patrons worldwide.
Kushner and Ivanka Trump are also close with Abramovich’s wife, Dasha Zhukova
Soviet emigres Tevfik Arif, Felix Sater and Tamir Sapir have close ties to Chabad.
Trump teamed up with Bayrock-Sapir which is led by Tevfik Arif, Felix Sater and Tamir Sapir.
Felix Sater is a convicted mob associate.
In 2007, Trump hosted the wedding of Sapir's daughter and Leviev’s right-hand man at Mar-a-Lago.
Sater sits on the boards of many Chabad institutions in the U.S. and abroad.
Continued here: The Jewish Group That Connects Trump and Putin... - Politico
