Boris Berezovsky

Nyet to the Trend! 'Kremlin Godfather' Sells Trump International Condo for $7.5 M.

<i>Nyet</i> to the Trend! 'Kremlin Godfather' Sells Trump International Condo for $7.5 M.
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In a weird reversal of the rule that horrifyingly omnipotent Russian oligarchs are supposed to be buying up New York’s trophy condos, the automobile and oil billionaire Boris Berezovsky has sold his 30th-floor apartment at Trump International on Central Park West.

Late last month, according to city records, a buyer named Lucietta Estates Corp.—its president is listed as Joseph DiLorenzo—paid $7,550,000 for the apartment.

Mr. Berezovsky bought the condo for $3.2 million in 2001, the same year he fled Russia, where he has since been found guilty in absentia of embezzlement. He and Putin have clashed furiously, though under Yeltsin Mr.  read more »