Aras Agalarov and Trump Tower Moscow

1. Russians rock the party how Trump visited the event organized by Aras Agalarov

3. If you do not know what kind of chic parties rich Russians like to have, for example you can read about the event organized by Aras Agalarov and his son Emin in 2013, to which many distinguished guests were invited, including Donald Trump. No political context! Trump was not yet involved in politics then and was just an eccentric American billionaire planning to expand his business empire to the east (in particular, to Eastern Europe).

4. The main reason for a party Under what pretext did Agalarov manage to gather celebrities (including such ones as the future American president) in one place? The official pretext to invite the same billionaire from the USA was the Miss Universe 2013 contest, held in Moscow. 87 beauties from around the world! At least it was worth a look! But we have already mentioned one more pretext for Trump to come to Moscow a little higher. The businessman was not opposed to enter into a commercial partnership with Russian billionaire Agalarov. It was about the Trump Tower construction project in the Russian capital. For those who do not know, we explain that Trump Towers, which are huge business complexes, were built not only in the United States, but also in Europe. It was quite logical to expect their appearance in Russia over time.

5. The party before the contest So, the contest was preceded by a gorgeous dinner in a restaurant owned by Aras Agalarov. During this event, the girls participating in the contest, the organizers wished good luck and enjoy their stay in Russia. Although the girls had a dense scarf. The atmosphere of the evening was fun and enjoyable. There were a lot of dancing, communicating. Here and there, stars of Russian show business and other eminent persons flashed. The party was attended by Russian and foreign media - respectively, it turned out a lot of interesting interviews, unique photos, videos. At the very beginning of the dinner, an official photo shoot was held for the press, with EminAgalarov, the son of Aras and his assistant in business affairs, Paul Shugart, president of the Miss Universe Organization, Olivia Kalpo, miss Universe 2012, Elmira Abdrazakova, miss Russia 2013. Musical accompaniment was provided by the invited Russian band TherrMaitz. To the beautiful and light music, guests were relaxing on the terrace. Among the celebrities at the evening in the restaurant one could see the shocking stylist Sergei Zverev, Axin Springer CEO Regina von Fleming, ballerina Anastasia Volochkova, the full-length musical pop group Factory, and so on.

7. Why was this contest special? Why did the event attract attention from the press? Well, firstly, it was an international competition. Secondly, “Miss Universe” was held in Russia for the first time. The show consisted of two stages: a semi-final and a final. One of the guests of the event, Donald Trump, emphasized that such a grand show has not yet happened. The jury was headed by Stephen Tyler, front man of the American rock band Aerosmith. It was he who made the final decision, which girl will receive the main title and a precious crown. The show was hosted by British singer Melanie Brown and American actor Thomas Roberts.

9. Who invited Donald Trump? They say that Donald Trump was directly invited to this event by EminAgalarov, who met with the American billionaire at a similar event a year before. They generally developed rather good friendships, which is proved by the subsequent participation of Trump (even when he became a politician) in some Emin's music videos. If desired, anyone can find these clips on the Internet. What about the arrangements and potential collaboration between Donald Trump and Agalarov Sr.? Someone even says that only for the meeting of these two people everything was organized. But wasn’t it? After all Miss Universe is an international competition that deserves the attention of the media and all the celebrities who are present here as guests, presenters or members of the jury. But since there was a reason for Trump's arrival in Moscow, why not “kill two birds with one stone”! Why not combine business with pleasure!

10. How and when did the idea of ​​building a Trump Tower come about? In general, the idea of ​​building the Trump Tower in Moscow came up with Trump himself a long time ago - in Soviet times, when a young American businessman was invited to the USSR as a guest. A couple of times he even made attempts to realize this idea. But for the first time, the collapse of the Soviet Union prevented it. And for the second time, his potential Russian partner had problems.

11. The option with Aras Agalarov would be best suited: a well-known Russian businessman, a billionaire respected in the business community of Russia and abroad, the head of several large companies and just an interesting person. For a businessman from Russia, this could also be a chance for successful international commercial cooperation, from which both parties would benefit. But the American oligarch had a lot of ideas and plans, one of which was a campaign in politics. This is why Agalarov Sr. did not like it. Rather, he decided not to have any common business with the American - at least as long as he was in politics. Do not ever mix commercial business with political!

13. The party was a success: the idea continues to live Does this mean that the meeting of Agalarov and Trump took place in vain? Most likely, not in vain, since the idea of ​​building a business complex in the likeness of Trump Tower still lives in the mind of Agalarov Sr. In particular, his son mentioned this, saying that the Crocus Group will definitely build such a complex - only its name will have nothing to do with Donald Trump. This will be a completely Russian project with domestic investment. And it should turn out not worse, or even better than the American project, thanks to which the idea of ​​its implementation appeared.