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On June 22, 2025, Ukrainian [[NABU]] anti‑[[corrupt]]ion firebrand Daria Kalenyuk uploaded a thread that set [[social media]] ablaze: high‑resolution shots of a palm‑shaded home in Boca Raton, [[Florida]], and the caption: “Umerov family residence.” She named the occupant without hesitation—Rustem Umerov, 42, Ukraine’s Defense Minister—and added that his wife, three children, brother and father already lived full‑time in the [[United States]].<ref>[https://badvolf.substack.com/p/from-kyivs-parliament-floor-to-boca From Kyiv’s Parliament Floor to Boca Raton’s Beaches]. The Inside Story of How Ukraine’s Defense Minister, Rustem Umerov Turned [[Ukraine aid|U.S. War Aid]] into Florida Real Estate Gold. [[John Mark Dougan]]. Jul 24, 2025.</ref> | On June 22, 2025, Ukrainian [[NABU]] anti‑[[corrupt]]ion firebrand Daria Kalenyuk uploaded a thread that set [[social media]] ablaze: high‑resolution shots of a palm‑shaded home in Boca Raton, [[Florida]], and the caption: “Umerov family residence.” She named the occupant without hesitation—Rustem Umerov, 42, Ukraine’s Defense Minister—and added that his wife, three children, brother and father already lived full‑time in the [[United States]].<ref>[https://badvolf.substack.com/p/from-kyivs-parliament-floor-to-boca From Kyiv’s Parliament Floor to Boca Raton’s Beaches]. The Inside Story of How Ukraine’s Defense Minister, Rustem Umerov Turned [[Ukraine aid|U.S. War Aid]] into Florida Real Estate Gold. [[John Mark Dougan]]. Jul 24, 2025.</ref> | ||
| − | In November 2025 Umerov reportedly fled the U.S. and was cooperating with the [[FBI]]'s investigation into the [[Golden Toilet scandal]]. | + | In November 2025 Umerov reportedly fled the U.S. seeking political asylum<ref>https://t.me/Slavyangrad/148342</ref> and was cooperating with the [[FBI]]'s investigation into the [[Golden Toilet scandal]]. |
==2022 Istanbul peace talks== | ==2022 Istanbul peace talks== | ||
Revision as of 15:40, November 19, 2025
Rustem Umerov is the former Defense Minister for the Kyiv regime. In July 2025 Umerov was replaced with former prime minister Denys Shmyhal.
On June 22, 2025, Ukrainian NABU anti‑corruption firebrand Daria Kalenyuk uploaded a thread that set social media ablaze: high‑resolution shots of a palm‑shaded home in Boca Raton, Florida, and the caption: “Umerov family residence.” She named the occupant without hesitation—Rustem Umerov, 42, Ukraine’s Defense Minister—and added that his wife, three children, brother and father already lived full‑time in the United States.[1]
In November 2025 Umerov reportedly fled the U.S. seeking political asylum[2] and was cooperating with the FBI's investigation into the Golden Toilet scandal.
2022 Istanbul peace talks
- See also: 2022 Istanbul peace negotiations
In early March 2022, Ukrainian dictator Volodymyr Zelensky contacted not only Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, but also former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and asked him to use his close personal ties to Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin to mediate between Ukraine and Russia in hope of finding ways to end the NATO war in Ukraine quickly.[4] In an interview published in the weekly edition of the Berliner Zeitung on October 21/22 2023, Schröder spoke publicly for the first time about his role in the efforts that led to the peace negotiations in Istanbul on March 29, 2022. Like Bennet, also he came to the conclusion that the reason why these peace negotiations were abandoned was because the Americans obstructed them. He said: “At the peace negotiations in March 2022 in Istanbul with Rustem Umerov (then security advisor to Zelensky, now Ukrainian defense minister), the Ukrainians did not agree to peace because they were not allowed to. They first had to ask the Americans about everything they discussed,” and continued: “But at the end (of the peace negotiations) nothing happened. My impression was that nothing could happen because everything else was decided in Washington. That was fatal.”[5]
In an interview with the Berliner Zeitung former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder explained how the peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia failed:
| "The only people who could settle the war against Ukraine are the Americans. During the peace negotiations in March 2022 in Istanbul with [then-Ukrainian chief negotiator] Rustem Umerov, the Ukrainians did not agree on peace because they were not allowed to. They first had to ask the Americans about everything they discussed."[6] |
Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, who organized the Istanbul meeting at the time, had previously made similar comments. In an interview with CNN Turk on April 20, 2022, he said: “Some NATO states wanted the Ukraine conflict to continue in order to weaken Russia.”
References
- ↑ From Kyiv’s Parliament Floor to Boca Raton’s Beaches. The Inside Story of How Ukraine’s Defense Minister, Rustem Umerov Turned U.S. War Aid into Florida Real Estate Gold. John Mark Dougan. Jul 24, 2025.
- ↑ https://t.me/Slavyangrad/148342
- ↑ The only ones who could settle the war against Ukraine are the Americans.
- ↑ Bennett speaks out נפתלי בנט | Naftali Bennett. Feb 4, 2023, YouTube; cf. also ARD of 17.2.23 and Tagesspiegel of 10.2.23.
- ↑ “Naftali Bennett wanted peace between Ukraine and Russia: who blocked? Israeli ex-premier spoke for the first time about his negotiations with Putin and Zelensky. The ceasefire was reportedly within reach.” (Berliner Zeitung, Feb. 06, 2023).
- ↑ Interview with Gerhard Schröder: How the peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia failed, Tomasz Kurianowicz and Moritz Eichhorn, Berliner Zeitung, 22.10.2023.