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For the first time, Russian oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev confirmed his plane and President Donald Trump’s jet shared the tarmac in Charlotte five days before the general election, saying he was in North Carolina for a business reason.

In addition, Rybolovlev through a spokesman reiterated he has never met the Republican billionaire despite buying the Maison de L’Amitie Palm Beach mansion from him nine years ago.

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“Particular attention has been focused on a trip made by Mr. Rybolovlev to North Carolina,” said Sergey Chernitsyn, an adviser to Dmitry Rybolovlev. “He was in North Carolina for a business meeting and we can state categorically that he did not have any contact with Mr. Trump or any of his advisers at the time he was there.”

Chernitsyn issued a statement to The Palm Beach Post after it reported Friday additional details surrounding Rybolovlev’s purchase of a Palm Beach mansion from Trump in 2008 for $95 million — the largest price paid for a Palm Beach home at the time.