Oleg Deripaska
Russian trader and former president of RusalWikipedia
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Sep 25, 2026
Michael WolffPANELIST
... um, and the investigation of Donald Trump for his ties to Putin and to, and, and to Russia, during UN week, I got a call.
Michael WolffPANELIST
Someone I knew called me and said that, that a particular Russian oligarch by the name actually of Oleg Deripaska, um, would like to meet me, and I was like, "What's that about?" Um, and, um, and I said ...
Michael WolffPANELIST
This was, like, late in the af- afternoon, and I said, said ...
Michael WolffPANELIST
And they just said, "Can you come now?" Um, I guess-
Michael WolffPANELIST
He'll come to you." So-
Joanna ColesHOST
Wow
Michael WolffPANELIST
... literally, literally like an, an hour later, and Oleg Deripaska is not allowed to be in this country.
Michael WolffPANELIST
Um, so I mean, he's a guy, a long back- terrible background.
Joanna ColesHOST
Which, I mean, a very strange juxtaposition of, you know, horrible African dictator buying cotton wool pads from Duane Reade.
Michael WolffHOST
So I got, during the first Trump administration, sort of at the height of Russiagate and the investigation of Donald Trump for his ties to Putin and to Russia, during UN week, I got a call, someone I knew, called me and said that a particular Russian oligarch by the name actually of Oleg Deripaska would like to meet me.
Michael WolffHOST
And I was like, what's that about? And I said, this was like, well, late in the afternoon.
Michael WolffHOST
And I said, and they said, can you come now? I guess oligarchs like that.
Michael WolffHOST
And they said, oh, Oleg likes salmon.
Michael WolffHOST
He'll come to you.
Michael WolffHOST
So literally like an hour later, and Oleg Deripaska is not allowed to be in this country.
Michael WolffHOST
So, I mean, he's a guy, a long, terrible background.
Stuart StevensGUEST
Yeah.
Asha RangappaGUEST
You know? [laughs] I mean, remember Paul Manafort showed up on Trump campaign's doorstep to wil- willing to work for free, and he, what, owed Oleg Deripaska $10 million, you know, because he wanted to buy his ostrich jackets or whatever.
Asha RangappaGUEST
So there's always a pay to play, and I think this is why there could be some waking up among the GOP, because this is a serious national security problem.
Asha RangappaGUEST
You also have this same conflicted entity in charge of the intelligence services.
Sarah KendziorGUEST
He's now an American citizen, so it's legal for him to do this.
Sarah KendziorGUEST
But he has been a partner with Russian Kremlin-tied oligarchs such as Oleg Deripaska and others who are sanctioned.
Sarah KendziorGUEST
So they've had this whole system where they're able to just funnel money right into the United States, give it to politicians, buy what they want.
Sarah KendziorGUEST
Don Jr.'s wedding is chump change compared to the last 10 years, and especially... compared to what Don Jr. did a decade ago, having that meeting in Trump Tower that apparently the entire U.S. press has forgotten.
David CornGUEST
But one of his biggest income streams came from consulting advising Russian, excuse me, came from consulting advising Ukrainian politicians who were very close to Russia, close to Ukrainian oligarchs, close to Russia.
David CornGUEST
And he himself was close and worked with Oleg Deripaska, a Russian oligarch as well.
David CornGUEST
So Ukrainian politics, we could spend hours just talking about that.
David CornGUEST
Very convoluted, very complicated, but one of the biggest, One of the biggest issues within Ukrainian politics is the connection to Russia.
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David CornGUEST
Now, he probably saw...
David CornGUEST
the opportunity to make a lot more money.
David CornGUEST
And at one point, he even sends clippings about his becoming head of Trump's campaign to Konstantin Kalimnik and says, how do we use this to make ourselves whole? which means how can we use this to get money from these oligarchs who they believe owe them money to maybe pay off Oleg Deripaska, who he believes Manafort owes him money.
David CornGUEST
So it was a market opportunity for him.
Charlie RobinsonHOST
When...
Charlie RobinsonHOST
If you've ever watched the, the Putin video of, of, of him watching, uh, making, um, Oleg Deripaska sign this document, is, is, uh...
Charlie RobinsonHOST
He's a ba- He's big-time baller in that.
Charlie RobinsonHOST
He's like, you know, he's t- he's speaking in Russian to this oligarch.
Charlie RobinsonHOST
They're all sitting around a table, and all the people at the table, there's all oligarchs, they're all signing everything, and Oleg Deripaska isn't signing.
Charlie RobinsonHOST
And Putin gets up, walks around to him, and says, "You gonna sign that?" And he's like...
Charlie RobinsonHOST
And he, like, pulls out a pen, hands him the pen for him to sign it, and as soon as he's done signing the pen, Putin grabs the pen out of his hand, takes it back, puts it in his pocket, and tells him to sit down.
Caolan RobertsonGUEST
They're obsessed with this image of neutrality.
Caolan RobertsonGUEST
And they have a refinery right on the West Coast right now called Orhinish Illumina, owned by Oleg Deripaska, the Russians.
Caolan RobertsonGUEST
that exports the raw material used to make weapons, alumina, used to make aluminum, 14 ships every single month, Ireland to St. Petersburg, not even hiding it.
Caolan RobertsonGUEST
And so I showed up a few months ago, and I started asking what the hell is going on.
Felix SalmonHOST
What an adorable meet cute.
Felix SalmonHOST
It's a change from meeting at Oleg Deripaska's chalet in Badavos, right? You've got to mix it up sometimes.
Felix SalmonHOST
It's a beautiful
Emily PeckHOST
thing.
Felix SalmonHOST
What an adorable meet cute.
Felix SalmonHOST
It's a change from meeting at Oleg Deripaska's chalet in Badavos, right? You've got to mix it up sometimes.
Felix SalmonHOST
It's a beautiful
Emily PeckHOST
thing.
Abraham NewmanGUEST
And so in the book, we talk about this.
Abraham NewmanGUEST
There's a sanction that is put on Russia to kind of cripple one of the oligarchs, Oleg Deripaska.
Abraham NewmanGUEST
He has an aluminum empire.
Abraham NewmanGUEST
And when the US sanctions them, it basically threatens this factory in Ireland.
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