Billionaire businessman with a history of ties to sanctioned Russian oligarch among donors to NYC Mayor Adams' legal defense trust

NEW YORK — Leonard Blavatnik, a billionaire businessman with a history of ties to a U.S.-sanctioned Russian oligarch, and cryptocurrency tycoon Brock Pierce are among the donors who have poured more than $650,000 into Mayor Eric Adams’ legal defense trust, contribution filings show. The filings, which were first reported by the New York Daily News before their public release late Tuesday, show ...

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