Виталий Гречин: “Извиняться не буду! Да, жопную команду сколотил я и двоих из неё трахнул … правда не зараз”

‘I WON’T APOLOGISE’

I organised the Butt Squad and slept with two of the girls… but not at the same time

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  • 29 Apr 2021, 20:08

TEETERING on a skyscraper balcony in broad daylight, 17 nubile, naked models preened for the camera.

The eye-catching image, which spread like wildfire on social media, would have stopped traffic in anything-goes Amsterdam.

The images were shared on the party’s private WhatsApp group before an unknown person leaked them to social media
The images were shared on the party’s private WhatsApp group before an unknown person leaked them to social mediaCredit: Instagram

In the conservative emirate of Dubai, it led to arrests of the women for “public debauchery”. Another snap from the Dubai apartment that day showed a balding, bespectacled, middle-aged man playing piano surrounded by 21 stark-naked women. Stocky and unshaven, US businessman Vitaliy Grechin, 41, is not everyone’s idea of an international playboy. But he is the man of mystery — today revealed by The Sun — who masterminded the stunt that shocked and titillated the world. Vitaliy has deep pockets, picking up the tab for the $13,500 (£9,700) all-expenses-paid trip for his so-called “Butt Squad”. But it was all in a day’s fun for him. He says: “I live the way 90 per cent of heterosexual males on this planet would like to live but don’t. And I don’t want to apologise for it.” The US citizen was held by the Dubai authorities after the photos went viral earlier this month. Shortly afterwards, images emerged of Vitaliy posing with former US President Barack Obama and Hollywood stars George Clooney and Sylvester Stallone.

Vitaliy was held on suspicion of being involved in prostitution and pornography
Vitaliy was held on suspicion of being involved in prostitution and pornography Credit: Vitaliy Grechin

His Facebook page is plastered with pictures of him in exotic locations with glamorous young women. Adding further intrigue, he claims he met Obama at the White House, served with US Army Intelligence and donated to the Democratic Party. He invites me to view a Russian social media page featuring pictures of him with Gwyneth Paltrow and Tom Hanks. He says: “I’m much more than a few naked girls on a balcony.” Today Vitaliy languishes in Dubai — long after his female associates were deported. Speaking to me via mobile phone, he reveals he tested positive for Covid while being held for around 20 days behind bars, before he too was released without charge. Although showing no symptoms, he says he is locked away in a ten-day enforced quarantine before hopefully leaving Dubai next week. Saddled with a six-figure legal bill to sort out the mess, he says of the isolation facility: “It’s not a prison but I can’t leave the room and everything I do is monitored.” Vitaliy insists his Butt Squad are just “friends” and not involved in prostitution — nor was the balcony pose a publicity stunt or promotion of any sort.

Another snap from the Dubai apartment that day showed a balding, bespectacled, middle-aged man playing piano surrounded by 21 stark-naked women
Another snap from the Dubai apartment that day showed a balding, bespectacled, middle-aged man playing piano surrounded by 21 stark-naked women Credit: East2West

The father of one told me: “What the girls did is wrong, based on the laws of Dubai. But we are talking about a bunch of very young, excited, open-minded, reg- ular girls who have nothing to do with escorting, modelling or anything else. “In Dubai, everything is on camera. If we had other guys coming over, if these girls were prostituting, it would all show up.” He admits sleeping with two of the Butt Squad, explaining: “I’ve had sexual relations with two of these girls. And not at the same time. We’re normal people.” The now-famous pictures made their splash on social media late on April 3. What happens in Dubai normally stays in Dubai — as long as it is behind closed doors. Though conservative on the surface, the Gulf playground is also a city of sleaze where an estimated 30,000 call girls and escorts ply their trade.

Vitaliy served with US Army Intelligence and donated to the Democratic Party
Vitaliy served with US Army Intelligence and donated to the Democratic Party

The sharing of pornographic material is punishable with prison time and hefty fines under local laws, which are based on Islamic or Sharia law. Little wonder, then, that 17 naked women lined up in plain sight on the penthouse balcony provoked arrests. One of them, 27-year-old lawyer Yana Graboshchuk, said the authorities clamped down hard on them and treated them like “animals” behind bars. Earlier, her family said they thought she had gone on holiday to Dubai and were “shocked” when they saw the pictures.

Vitaliy, who is teetotal, said of the Butt Squad: “To understand the mentality of these women you have to understand the culture they come from. It’s a much more open society. “They look at Instagram and Playboy magazine and feel sometimes it’s OK if you’re beautiful to show the outline of your figure. “That doesn’t mean they want to participate in a filmed orgy or porn. There is a clear difference in our culture between something that is sexual and something that is aesthetically pleasing and beautiful.”

Vitaliy (pictured far right) remains in Dubai following the Butt Squad furore
Vitaliy (pictured far right) remains in Dubai following the Butt Squad furore Credit: Vitaliy Grechin

Vitaliy paid for the women and Russian photographer Alexander Ten to go on the Dubai jaunt. He says he throws similar trips to exotic destinations each month. The group spent that day at a swimming pool and a restaurant before going to Russian IT boss Alexei Kontsov’s penthouse in the upmarket Marina district. After stripping off their swimwear, Vitaliy says, some of the women went on to the balcony to take a photo with the dramatic view. “It wasn’t planned or premeditated,” he insists. “No one was forced to do anything. I organised the trip but not the shoot because there was no shoot. “It wasn’t intended to be a publicity stunt. We didn’t have anything to promote.”

The businessman strikes a pose next to Hollywood actor George Clooney
The businessman strikes a pose next to Hollywood actor George Clooney Credit: Vitaliy Grechin

Vitaliy says an unknown neighbour in a block overlooking Kontsov’s flat then filmed the women and uploaded the images to social media. He says: “We have no idea who filmed it or why. They’re the ones producing the pornography and distributing it, not us.” Inside the flat, the now-famous image of the Butt Squad’s bare bottoms was taken and another of the women as Vitaliy played piano. He reveals: “I was playing Beethoven and Mozart, classical piano. It’s not an explicit photo.” The images were shared on the party’s private WhatsApp group before an unknown person leaked them to social media. These photos went viral too, provoking the ire of the Dubai authorities. Vitaliy adds: “They were private photos of a private group of friends. They weren’t meant to be public.”

Images emerged in the media of Vitaliy posing with former US President Barack Obama
Images emerged in the media of Vitaliy posing with former US President Barack Obama Credit: Vitaliy Grechin

Squad member Nataliya Chuprina, 23, called the balcony photo a “souvenir”, a “keepsake for ourselves”. The following day, half the party, including photographer Ten, flew back to Eastern Europe. Vitaliy and Kontsov were held on suspicion of being involved in prostitution and pornography. A dozen of the women were detained the next day. All faced hefty fines or even jail. But prosecutors instead deported the women, banning them from Dubai for five years. Kontsov too was later deported. Vitaliy adds: “The girls showed a lack of responsibility. They’re sorry for what they have done. They’ve gone through hell. But there was no ill intent.” Born in Kiev, Ukraine, Vitaliy moved to the US aged ten, the only child of doctor Daniel and accountant Raisa. They settled in a suburb of Detroit, what Vitaliy calls “a Jewish immigrant family . . . with $1,000 in our pockets”.

Vitaliy Grechin with Sylvester Stallone
Vitaliy Grechin with Sylvester Stallone Credit: Vitaliy Grechin

He says he joined the US Army and did intelligence work in the wake of 9/11, helping translate Soviet-made weapons manuals used by the Taliban in Afghanistan. American authorities confirmed to The Sun that Vitaliy was a member of the US Army Reserve, serving as translator/interpreter from 1998 to 2005, holding the rank of “specialist” as his service ended. He says: “I joined the US Army out of patriotic feelings. It also helped me pay my way through college.” In 2008, he says, he brokered a property deal in Kiev for an investment group which earned him “a decent bonus”. He then founded a Ukrainian finance company and sold three-quarters of it to Finstar Financial Group, a private equity firm owned by Russian billionaire Oleg Boyko. That made Vitaliy a rich man. He tells me: “On that deal alone I made a few million dollars.”

They were private photos of a private group of friends. They weren’t meant to be public.Vitaliy Grechin. Records of America’s Federal Election Commission seen by The Sun show Vitaliy donated more than £100,000 to the Democratic Party and Obama’s campaign funds. He made 33 separate donations between 2008 and 2012 and has been pictured with Obama as well as former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. On social media he can be seen at functions with acting A-listers Ben Affleck and Kate Hudson and rocker Jon Bon Jovi. Married with a son of 13, Vitaliy’s globetrotting lifestyle included once-a-month parties with beautiful women he says are his friends. Their destinations include Thailand, Bali, the Maldives and, for Vitaliy’s birthday in February, the Carpathian Mountains of Eastern Europe.

Vitaliy made 33 separate donations between 2008 and 2012 and has been pictured with Obama as well as former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton
Vitaliy made 33 separate donations between 2008 and 2012 and has been pictured with Obama as well as former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton Credit: Vitaliy Grechin

She escaped months before the murder

Ex-member of Charles Manson’s cult who escaped months before the group murdered seven people reveals how he lured her in with ‘tender’ sex – and admits his allure was so powerful, she likely would have killed for him, too

By Erica Tempesta For Dailymail.com

A woman has opened up about how she escaped Charles Manson’s murderous cult just months after members of his ‘Family’ committed the gruesome Tate-LaBianca murders in 1969.  Juanita Wildebush, 77, from Oregon, detailed the time she spent with Manson and his followers at Spahn Ranch in Los Angeles County, saying she fears she would have been involved in the murders if she was there because Manson’s hold on her was so powerful. The retired social worker, who has worked with cult survivors, told The Daily Beast that Manson was an incredible lover, which was part of his allure.  ‘He was amazing,’ she said. ‘He was so tender, he would bring you just to the point of orgasm and then he would bring you back. Like a Kama Sutra kind of thing, you know, just bring you up, and bring you up, and bring you back.’ 

Memories: Juanita Wildebush (pictured in red)  spoke to The Daily Beast about the time she spent with Charles Manson and his followers as a member of his 'Family' in the late 1960s

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В поисках золота Гитлера

Охотники за сокровищами планируют откопать 48 ящиков с золотом Гитлера стоимостью полмиллиарда фунтов стерлингов, спрятанных под дворцовым “борделем” нацистов, после того как местонахождение добычи было раскрыто в секретном дневнике офицера СС

Авторы: Ed Wight и Stuart Dowell в Варшаве для Mailonline

Охотники за сокровищами планируют откопать 48 ящиков нацистского золота стоимостью почти полмиллиарда фунтов стерлингов во дворце, который гитлеровские эсэсовцы использовали в качестве публичного дома. В ходе раскопок, которые начнутся на следующей неделе, предполагается обнаружить 10 тонн золота вместе с другими ценностями на территории дворца XVIII века в деревне Минковске на юге Польши (фото ниже). Сокровища были похищены по приказу начальника СС Генриха Гиммлера в конце Второй мировой войны для создания Четвертого рейха. Предполагается, что среди них было так называемое “золото Бреслау”, которое пропало из полицейского управления в городе Вроцлаве, ныне расположенном неподалеку. Также считается, что в него входят драгоценности и ценности из частных коллекций богатых немцев, живших в этом регионе и передавших свое имущество СС, чтобы защитить его от разграбления наступающей Красной армией. Местонахождение было обнаружено благодаря секретным документам, дневнику офицера СС и карте, которые кладоискатели получили от потомков офицеров, принадлежавших к тайной ложе, существующей более 1000 лет.

Treasure hunters are planning to dig up what they say could be 48 crates of Nazi gold worth nearly half a billion pounds at a palace (pictured) used by Hitler's SS as a brothel

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Четыре зимы в аду. Барбаросса отморозил рыжую бороду.

Четыре зимы в Аду: редкие фотографии операции “Барбаросса” рассказывают об ужасах, с которыми столкнулись гитлеровские войска, отправленные брать Москву… не задумываясь о том, что их ждет сибирский холод

By Harry Howard For Mailonline

Their uniforms, motorbikes and armoured cars covered with snow, German troops are seen battling through the harsh Russian winters as they try to invade the Soviet Union. The rare image, taken in 1941,  features in new book Images of War: The Nazis' winter warfare on the Eastern Front, 1941-1945, written by historian Ian Baxter and published by Pen and Sword

Закутанные от лютого холода, с выражением мрачной покорности на лицах перед лицом решительного врага, немецкие войска сражаются в условиях суровой русской зимы во время вторжения в Советский Союз. Этот редкий снимок, сделанный в холодные месяцы 1941 года, является одним из сотен, представленных в новой книге о наступлении Второй мировой войны, которое получило кодовое название “Операция Барбаросса” и началось в июне того года. Фотографии демонстрируют, насколько ошибались Адольф Гитлер и его верховное командование в своем первоначальном убеждении, что война закончится к концу года. Вместо этого, подобно попытке вторжения французского императора Наполеона Бонапарта, предпринятой более 100 лет назад, силы нацистов были подавлены сочетанием огромной территории, которую они должны были покрыть, ужасно холодной зимы, недостаточного оборудования и плохой тактики. В течение года ситуация изменилась, и немецким войскам пришлось пережить еще три зимы, в течение которых они проиграли ряд ключевых сражений, включая решающую Сталинградскую битву. В конечном итоге, вторжение провалилось и привело к общему поражению Германии, поскольку вынудило ее вести войну на два фронта, отвлекая силы и ресурсы от борьбы на Западе против Великобритании, Франции, США и других союзных войск. Книга “Images of War: The Nazis’ winter warfare on the Eastern Front, 1941-1945”, написанная историком Яном Бакстером и опубликованная издательством Pen and Sword, использует сотни изображений зимних месяцев обреченного вторжения, чтобы объяснить, что пошло не так. 1941/1942: Наглая летняя уверенность официальных лиц в том, что вторжение завершится к Новому году, сходит на нет из-за лютой зимы, которая наступает в октябре.  

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Нью-Йорк, о котором не пишут лёвики.

A NYPD detective was hit over the head with a stick in a brazen daytime attack, as a leading police union branded the Big Apple ‘the city of violence’ while attacking Mayor Bill de Blasio over a 257 per cent spike in shootings.  

On Monday afternoon, a detective in Queens was hit over the head with a plastic baton by a man, as he investigated a scene. 

Akeele Morgan, 25, of the Bronx, was arrested not far from the scene on 39th Avenue, near Prince Street in Flushing, police said. 

The Sergeant’s Benevolent Association (SBA) – which represents more than 11,000 current and past NYPD officers, tweeted: ‘Welcome to the city of violence’ while attacking de Blasio for investing $30 million on boosting tourism instead of tackling crime. 

They spoke out as an unnamed 20-year-old man was shot and killed in broad daylight near Manhattan’s Park Avenue on Monday.

Jason Rivera, 35, was shot and killed in the Bronx on Friday night after he helped a disorientated man, asking: 'Are you OK?' and helping him onto a bench in the Parkchester area

Jason Rivera, 35, was shot and killed in the Bronx on Friday night after he helped a disorientated man, asking: ‘Are you OK?’ and helping him onto a bench in the Parkchester area

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Clashes in Jerusalem

Clashes in Jerusalem continue amid ongoing tensions in the region as Israeli Prime Minister calls for ‘calm on all sides’

  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for ‘calm on all sides’ Saturday
  • His plea came after several nights of unrest in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem
  • But he warned Israel was ‘prepared for all scenarios’ after rocket fire from Gaza 
  • Thirty-six rockets were launched overnight Friday, the Israeli army said
  • There have been nightly disturbances since the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on April 13, amid Palestinian anger over police blocking to promenade 

By Chris Jewers For Mailonline and Afp

Israeli police and Palestinians clashed outside Jerusalem’s Old City walls overnight into Sunday as tensions flared during the Muslim holiday of Ramadan, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appealed for ‘calm on all sides’.

But the premier also warned that Israel remains ‘prepared for all scenarios’ after dozens of rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, prompting Israeli retaliatory air strikes.

Thirty-six rockets were launched overnight Friday, the Israeli army said, the most in a single night this year, after Gaza’s Islamist rulers Hamas voiced support for the east Jerusalem protests.

Israeli police and Palestinians scuffled outside Jerusalem's Old City walls overnight into Sunday as tensions flared during the Muslim holiday of Ramadan, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appealed for calm

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Она – не трофейная жена! Хотя…

EXCLUSIVE: She’s no trophy wife! Russian model Eugenia Kuzmina tells how she had her first photo shoot at BIRTH, was forced to become her family’s breadwinner at 15 and is now Hollywood’s hardest-working mom after marrying Miramax CEO Bill Block

By Josh Boswell For Dailymail.com

Published: 13:28 EDT, 23 April 2021

Miramax CEO Bill Block’s Russian model wife started working in Siberia when she was a baby – and is now dubbed Hollywood’s hardest-working mom.

When she’s not raising the movie mogul’s three children and entertaining A-list celebrities at their Los Angeles mansion, Eugenia Kuzmina is jetting to Turkey filming Guy Ritchie’s latest blockbuster Five Eyes with Hugh Grant and Jason Statham, modelling for Chanel, Dior and Hermès, and even impersonating Melania Trump on stage as a stand-up comedian.

In an exclusive interview with DailyMailTV, the Russian model, who was the first woman to have two side by side ad campaigns displayed in New York City‘s Time Square, revealed how she had her first photo shoot just hours after she was born.

 Triple threat: At 33, Eugenia Kuzmina is dubbed Hollywood's hardest-working mom, modeling, starring in films, and performing stand-up comedy all while raising her husband's three children

Triple threat: At 33, Eugenia Kuzmina is dubbed Hollywood’s hardest-working mom, modeling, starring in films, and performing stand-up comedy all while raising her husband’s three children

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Liftoff!

NASA and SpaceX successfully launch astronauts from three different agencies to the International Space Station using a recycled rocket and capsule for the first time

  • SpaceX’s Crew-2 mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5.49am EST on Friday 
  • Four astronauts from three different agencies, NASA, ESA and JAXA will soar to the ISS in the capsule
  • This mission is the first SpaceX launch to reuse both a capsule and Falcon 9 from previous launches 
  • The same rocket took Crew-1 to the ISS and the capsule was used in ‘Launch America’ in May 2020
  • This included NASA’s Bob Behnken whose wife Megan McArthur is part of Crew-2 and will sit in his seat
  • They  will orbit the Earth while it catches up with the space station ahead of docking at 05:10 EST Saturday 

By Ryan Morrison For Mailonline

SpaceX and NASA launched four astronauts from three different space agencies to the International Space Station this morning using a recycled capsule and rocket. The astronauts from the US, Japan and France, blasted off from Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida at 5.49am EST (10:49 BST) on Friday.  About ten minutes later, travelling at about 10,000 miles per hour, SpaceX Falcon 9 second stage delivered the Crew Dragon and its astronauts into a nominal orbit.  SpaceX successfully landed the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket on a pad, so it can be reused again in a future mission. Dragon is carrying NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)’s Akihiko Hoshide, and the European Space Agency (ESA)’s Thomas Pesquet, who is French.  At about 6.02am EST (11:02 BST) the Dragon capsule, containing the four astronauts, separated from the Falcon 9 second stage and began its journey to the space station. ‘It is glad to be back in space from all of us and we will send our regards to Crew-1 when we get there,’ said Kimbrough.  They are currently orbiting the Earth at about 17,000 miles per hour and will orbit the Earth over the next 23 hours catching up with the ISS before docking.

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Вы говорили: “Джек Лондон, деньги, любовь, страсть”,- а я одно видел: вы – Джоконда, которую надо украсть! И украли. В. Маяковский.

Дело было в 1911 году.

Символом Лувра, да и живописи как таковой, стала в массовом сознании по каким-то иррациоальным причинам «Джоконда» — «Портрет Моны Лизы» (1503–1506) кисти Леонардо да Винчи. Укради ее — и прослывешь величайшим вором в истории, автором идеального, невозможного преступления. Невозможное возможно: однажды ее украли, но имя вора мало кто помнит, а поразительно простая по исполнению кража просто курьезна.

Ранним утром во вторник 22 августа 1911 года почтенный живописец Луи Беру пришел в музей делать наброски для картины «„Мона Лиза“ в Лувре» — и не нашел портрет на месте.

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Служители отмахнулись: наверное, унесли фотографировать. Несколько часов Беру уговаривал их проверить, так ли это, удостоившись хамской отповеди: «А Венеру Милосскую, часом, не украли?» Выяснив же, что картины нет ни в фотолаборатории, ни на реставрации, музейные работники развернули поиски своими силами, а в полицию обратились в лучшем случае в 12.30, если не в 14.00, как утверждала префектура. В 14.45 полиция заперла все выходы из музея, кроме одного. Эвакуируемых через него посетителей обыскивали. В чем не было ровным счетом никакого смысла: написанную на доске из тополя картину не свернуть и не спрятать за пазуху.

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