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    Russian billionaire Yuri Milner's early backing of Facebook, Twitter had Kremlin ties

    by James F. Peltz and Tracey Lien, Los Angeles Times Nov 07, 2017 4 minutes

    Russian billionaire Yuri Milner gained fame and wealth as an early backer of Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and other Silicon Valley startups.

    Called "Russia's most influential tech investor" by Forbes, Milner's wealth has enabled him to partner with Facebook Chairman Mark Zuckerberg in scientific philanthropy, form a spacecraft initiative with famed physicist Stephen Hawking, and buy one of the most expensive homes in the U.S.

    But now the technology investments that brought him riches have come under heightened scrutiny amid inquiries into possible Russian meddling in last year's presidential election.

    Leaked documents known as the Paradise Papers showed that Milner's Facebook investment, arranged by his investment firm DST Global,

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