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The exact amount of Sokolov\u2019s contribution has not been disclosed. However, the announcement came shortly after he joined the board of directors of the \u201cAmerican Friends of the Munich Security Conference\u201d \u2014 a U.S.\u2011registered 501(c)(3) organization that includes former senior State Department officials and ambassadors. The MSC\u2019s financial flows have historically been opaque. For comparison, an investigation by CORRECTIV<\/a> found that Qatar\u2019s contribution to the MSC foundation was approximately \u20ac5 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sokolov has donated at least $11 million to Trump\u2019s MAGA Inc. super PAC and, with the approval of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, owns a major telecommunications business in Armenia. The exact origin of his capital remains unclear from public records, though most traces lead back to Russian deals in the 2000s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, Sokolov has moved from being an attendee of the Munich conference to a financial supporter, gaining a formal foothold inside the very structures that shape global security policy \u2014 at a moment when the old world order is fracturing: the United States is openly distancing itself from Europe, Russia and Ukraine remain at war, and long\u2011established economic arrangements are collapsing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why is he doing this? Is he building a back channel for a future political career in Washington? Is he simply hunting for new business opportunities, using his access to defence ministers, intelligence chiefs and sovereign wealth funds? Or does he see himself as an informal fixer \u2014 someone who can speak to Trump, to Pashinyan and to the Kremlin?<\/p>\n\n\n\n One thing is certain: behind the polished word \u201cphilanthropy\u201d and a seat on a prestigious board, there are always interests. The only question is whose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Credit: <\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/securityconference.org\/news\/meldung\/contributions-to-the-munich-security-conference-foundation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/securityconference.org\/en\/about-us\/american-friends<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n