# Quote — Craig Unger, House of Trump, House of Putin

> Americans cracked down on organized crime, Putin co-opted...[and] weaponized it.

- Author: [Craig Unger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/craig-unger.md)
- Book: [House of Trump, House of Putin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/craig-unger/house-of-trump-house-of-putin.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Craig_Unger#House_Of_Trump,_House_of_Putin_(2018)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/craig-unger/house-of-trump-house-of-putin/americans-cracked-down

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> [H]einous bombings that killed... three hundred... were likely the product of a "" operation that enabled Putin to consolidate power, much as Adolf Hitler did after the .

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> Vnesheconombank, or VEB... bought $850 million of stock... from Shnaider... $15 million... went into the Trump Toronto project. ...[T]he chairman of VEB’s ...board ...Vladimir Putin.

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> Bayrock’s leadership... billionaire oligarchs from the former Soviet Union.

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