immigrated from the Soviet Union in the 1980s. Baronoff, who grew up in Uzbekistan, had been active in Soviet cultural associations. In Miami, she soon began bringing Russian tour groups to Miami.

Gil Dezer’s father, Michael, recruited Baronoff to work alongside the Dezer corporation. She traveled to Moscow, St Petersburg, France and London to bring in Russian buyers, according to Dezer, selling apartments to them for between $1 million and $2 million. Baronoff was diagnosed with Leukemia in 2014 and died a year later.

“She was huge, she was big for them,” Dezer said, referring to Russian buyers. “No one has filled her shoes.”

Additional reporting by Jack Stubbs in Moscow; John Walcott, Mark Hosenball, Jonathan Landay, Arshad Mohammed and Warren Strobel in Washington; and Astha Rajvanshi in New York.

————— MoscowRyan Grant spent 5 of his 7 years of service in the NFL as a member of the green and gold and managed to put together a very nice career in Green Bay. He is the fifth all time leading rusher in franchise history, and is 11th in career touchdowns as a Packer. He was a Pro Bowl running back, and more importantly a Super Bowl Champion running back. Grant is remembered for a lot of great seasons in Green Bay, and was a huge part of a powerful offense.

I had the chance to catch up with Ryan and get his thoughts on the current team, Brett vs. Aaron, his thoughts on the recent protests in the NFL, and much more.

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