{"id":70926,"date":"2026-05-14T12:21:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T12:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/70926\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T12:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T12:21:16","slug":"eric-trump-inks-georgia-mega-tower-deal-with-firms-allegedly-tied-to-sanctioned-pro-putin-billionaire-united24-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/70926\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Trump Inks Georgia Mega-Tower Deal With Firms Allegedly Tied to\u00a0Sanctioned Pro-Putin Billionaire \u2014 UNITED24 Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US\u00a0President Donald Trump\u2019s sons are moving forward with a\u00a0new Trump Tower project in\u00a0the country of\u00a0Georgia, partnering with a\u00a0developer allegedly linked to\u00a0a\u00a0sanctioned pro-Kremlin billionaire and another whose late founder faced an\u00a0FBI probe over alleged ties to\u00a0Russian gangsters, The Daily Beast reported on\u00a0May\u00a014.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0the investiagtion, the Trump Organization plans to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/trumps-sign-mega-tower-deal-with-firm-tied-to-sanctioned-pro-putin-billionaire\/\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">construct<\/a> a\u00a0luxury 70-story apartment complex in\u00a0the capital city of\u00a0Tbilisi, expanding the first family\u2019s $2.7 billion property empire. The Daily Beast reports that one of\u00a0the key partners on\u00a0the project is\u00a0the Tbilisi-based Archi Group, a\u00a0firm with direct political and financial ties to\u00a0Bidzina Ivanishvili.<\/p>\n<p>We bring you stories from the ground. Your support keeps our team in the field.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/united24media.com\/donate?banner_variant=article_small\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"f-btn f-btn--sm f-btn--primary\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DONATE NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ivanishvili, the founder of\u00a0Georgia\u2019s ruling party, was placed on\u00a0the US\u00a0sanctions list in\u00a02024\u00a0following brutal crackdowns on\u00a0pro-Western protesters and attempts to\u00a0drag the former Soviet republic closer to\u00a0Moscow amid Russian leader Vladimir Putin\u2019s war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Archi Group\u2019s founder, Ilia Tsulaia, previously served as\u00a0a\u00a0member of\u00a0parliament for Ivanishvili\u2019s party, The Daily Beast noted. Tsulaia was allegedly included on\u00a0a\u00a0list of\u00a0prospective sanctions targets submitted by\u00a0US\u00a0lawmakers to\u00a0then-incoming Secretary of\u00a0State Marco Rubio in\u00a0January 2025, citing his role as\u00a0an\u00a0alleged financier of\u00a0the Ivanishvili regime.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am so excited to share the official rendering of Trump Tower Tbilisi. <\/p>\n<p>With a prime location, in the heart of Tbilisi, this tower will quickly become a landmark as the tallest building in Georgia. This marks our first project in the region and we are so excited to bring it to\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VFNuDxJnxB\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/VFNuDxJnxB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Trump (@EricTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricTrump\/status\/2053916164837814449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0second partner involved in\u00a0the Tbilisi plans is\u00a0the New York-based Sapir Organization, founded by\u00a0the late Tamir Sapir. According to\u00a0The Daily Beast, Sapir was a\u00a0long-time Trump associate who emigrated from the Soviet Union in\u00a0the 1970s. Declassified FBI documents revealed that Sapir was the subject of\u00a0a\u00a01998\u00a0money-laundering and extortion probe, with the bureau suspecting he\u00a0was acting \u201cas\u00a0a\u00a0front for Russian organized crime money.\u201d Sapir vehemently denied any mob ties and was never charged.<\/p>\n<p><img data-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9cbc9159096dd193f93cf5c8f625dc6f.png\" data- alt=\"Georgia's Long Struggle for Freedom, From Imperial Annexation to Russia's Modern Meddling\" width=\"1058\" height=\"596\" class=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<p>Category<a href=\"https:\/\/united24media.com\/world\" class=\"c-entry__category\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/united24media.com\/world\/georgias-long-struggle-for-freedom-from-imperial-annexation-to-russias-modern-meddling-854\" class=\"u-link-overlay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Georgia&#8217;s Long Struggle for Freedom, From Imperial Annexation to Russia&#8217;s Modern Meddling<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            Jun 21, 2024 19:19\n        <\/p>\n<p>Eric Trump publicly confirmed the Georgian development on\u00a0social media, posting an\u00a0architectural rendering of\u00a0the 70-story complex. \u201cWe\u00a0are proud to\u00a0bring this globally recognized standard of\u00a0excellence to\u00a0Georgia and are especially pleased to\u00a0collaborate with such respected and professional developers on\u00a0this project,\u201d Trump said in\u00a0an\u00a0accompanying press release, according to\u00a0The Daily Beast.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump Organization\u2019s expansion into Tbilisi coincides with intensifying Western scrutiny over Georgia\u2019s deepening economic ties to\u00a0Moscow. The European Union had previously <a href=\"https:\/\/united24media.com\/latest-news\/eu-eyes-sanctions-on-ports-in-georgia-and-indonesia-handling-russian-oil-15757\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">proposed<\/a> expanding its sanctions regime to\u00a0include the Georgian port of\u00a0Kulevi for allegedly handling Russian oil shipments, marking the first time the bloc targeted port facilities in\u00a0third countries.<\/p>\n<p><img data-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/b159ab4b221406998138ad10ec5709eb.png\" data- alt=\"Truth is Under Attack\" width=\"1026\" height=\"577\" class=\"lazy\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/united24media.com\/static\/build\/img\/logo.qJ-S0EWo.svg\" alt=\"Logo\" width=\"169\" height=\"16\"\/><\/p>\n<p>We report the war as it unfolds directly from the people and places most affected by it. Your support helps us bring these stories to the world.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US\u00a0President Donald Trump\u2019s sons are moving forward with a\u00a0new Trump Tower project in\u00a0the country of\u00a0Georgia, partnering with a\u00a0developer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[81,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-70926","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eric-trump","8":"tag-eric-trump","9":"tag-trump"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116572906240809093","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}