This is why he is desperate to get the $5.7 (formerly $5.6) billion.....

[Heartstrings]

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Roman Abramovich....

Mr. Abramovich, a Russian national with Israeli citizenship, is an ally of Russian president Putin, and a personal friend of Donald Trump and his son in law. Mr. Abramovich is part owner (with several other Russian billionaires) of a steel company called Evraz - located in Canada - which, coincidentally, is the only one which can manufacture the specific type of metal beams Mr. Trump wants for his wall. (There was a Chinese company which could deliver the same product, but since Mr. Trump's trade war with China, they can no longer effectively provide it to the US.)

If the wall is built, Mr. Abramovich's company - in which Russian president Putin also happens to own stock through a complicated series of shell companies - stands to make roughly one billion US dollars during the first stage of construction alone. By the time the wall is completed, with costs estimated to run to almost 30 billion dollars (not 5 billion as the Republican parrots have been squawking), Evraz will likely triple in value.

This is of interest to Mr. Abramovich and his partners no doubt, since Evraz took a signifcant stock hit in early 2016, losing roughly 60% of its value....during the months leading up to the American Presidential Election.

Mr. Abramovich also owns a legendary yacht called the Eclipse, valued at roughly half a billion dollars.

Mr. Trump has been known to enjoy vacations on the yacht. One can safely assume the yacht has beautiful staterooms, with beds.

And showers.

And likely, given Mr. Abramovich's well-reported paranoia, there are plenty of security cameras in place....

Mr. Abramovich applied for Swiss residency some time ago, but was blocked by their government because of tangible evidence that he was involved in money laundering.

This is all public record. And it was presented to the media during the 2016 Election, when the press was slavering over Mrs. Clinton's emails and calling her "Killery".

** Credit....Facebook op

Not exact link, but worthy of posting.....
https://crooksandliars.com/2018/12/guess-who-likely-profit-if-trump-gets-his

[underpants]

1. There we go

That's the specifics that we all knew was out there.
Thanks for posting. Now I have something to directly track.

[red dog 1]

33. + 1

[dalton99a]

2. This article is a must read.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

26. K&R Yep, it's time for revelations

[lkinwi]

3. It doesn't surprise me. Follow the money.

[ashling]

25. follow the money

[rickford66]

35. Great movie.

I've watched it a few times.

[2naSalit]

4. K&R

[zaj]

5. Link? Author? Citations?

[reACTIONary]

10. +10 !!! nt

[dewsgirl]

6. But..but.. he said American steel, a thousand times. (I knew it was Russian)

[grumpyduck]

7. There's more to it than that.

Government projects require bids from at least three sources, and these are in response to an RFP, or Request for Proposal. These proposals specify a number of the variables (materials, etc.) required. To specify that particular steel means that some engineer knew that the Canadian (or Chinese) company is the only one that can make it. That is generally frowned upon and has been the cause of many lawyers making money.

And, if this were a movie or novel, it would mean that someone in the admin would be in serious trouble with the Russians.

The plot thickens.

[dameatball]

8. Right. I wouldn't want to be the poor shmuck that has to sign off on the sole source verification.

Whoever that is, they had better be correct. Sole source purchases of this type can be contested, which really throws a monkey wrench into the production schedule. That also can cost the government a lot of money...as you said....attorneys making money.

However, since the so-called President has already declared this as an emergency need, I'm not sure the regular procurement laws will have to be followed. That's a pretty big loophole.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

9. Wow. Great find, thanks ! +1

[Roland99]

11. Uhh. Worthless without a link / source

[getagrip_already]

15. +! because it's only attrib is unnamed FB poster... But,

Just a quick google of this confirms some of the story. He has very close ties to not only trump but the kids as well, and he has very very very close ties to putin, and he owns a canadian steel empire.

The only part I couldn't confirm is the sourcing of the steel trump is spec'ing to him.

BUT, I'm sure specific sanction language could be added to any appropriation bill, forbidding the use of any steel sourced from his operations (regardless of seller or country of origin).

In fact, a raft of sanctions could be added to the biils, adding significant pain to tiny's overlords.

[Scruffy1]

12. Very sketchy. Like most FB posts.

Their website does no even mention steel beams. Most of their products are flat plate and pipe. They also make railroad rails. Rails are made of manganese steel, which is a common material. The thing that makes me disregard is the statement they are likely to make a billion. It conflates gross and net, which is seems to be the standard for FB.

[Farmer-Rick]

16. Well the 2015 Evraz Annual Report specifically address profits from BEAMS.

Here is the report: http://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/E/LSE_EVR_2015.pdf

But it is hard to find anything mentioning BEAMS and Evraz....it's almost as if it was scrubbed.

But yeah they are very proud of the business they do in the US...at least in the report and they project even more profits from the US in the coming years.

And Evra did a tidy little profit when Traitor Trump reopened the Keystone pipeline so their is precedent for this.

And Evra has factories in the US so, they can claim it is American steel...though Canada is American too.

[Wellstone ruled]

19. Seems to me there was a

specific story about Some of this Pipe being recoated in New Jersey and then shipped to Montana and South Dakota. During the recoating a made in USA label was added.

[stuffmatters]

31. EVRAZ, Abramovitch & Putin profitted from Trump reopening Keystone, also big into DAPL.

[bobbieinok]

13. Thanks for info re how Russians will make $$ from building Wall

[bitterross]

17. He doesnt' give a damn about a wall.

Look at his behavior. He was letting the wall slide into oblivion before the RWNJ radio/TV hosts attacked his ego. This particular incident is less about paying off Russian connections and more about his ego.

[FakeNoose]

18. Yes! This is why it suddenly became a STEEL wall a few months ago

The wall wasn't going to be made of steel until Pootie told him to change it. Quid pro quo.

Edited to add this: remember when Cheeto originally said it was going to be made with US-made steel? I can't say when that was, but it had to be early in his Presidency. Suddenly he stopped saying "US materials," just like that. It makes me realize that this was in the works longer than a few months.

[cp]

20. Pity the poor fool

(satire)
Looks like Putinovich Trumpski is sweating: following his Russian instructions or a polonium cocktail.

[smirkymonkey]

21. Very interesting.

As always, follow the Russian money.

[Power 2 the People]

28. +1

[onetexan]

22. i'm sure there's $ to be made somewhere, hence why he wants this wall so much

it's sure to benefit someone with whom he's doing shady business, if not his family, in some way.

[moondust]

24. Kickbacks.

Waiting for him to find a way to hand out no-bid contracts to his construction "partners" who agree to kick back a lot of the loot to the drumpf family. I don't know if declaring a national emergency would let him do that or not.

[onetexan]

29. Agree, that too

[erpowers]

23. If True

If this is true it makes everything look bad. Was his true reason for placing tariffs on China to make sure a Chinese company could not get the contract to build the wall? That leads to the question, was he willing to destroy American businesses in order to benefit Russia and Vladimir Putin?

[mr_lebowski]

27. It'd be classic if the Dems publicly said they'll take the deal as long as no company with even a

whiff of tie to Russia ... provides ANY services/labor or materials, including but not limited to Evraz.

Be fun to see if IQ45 is still SOOO keen ...

[stuffmatters]

30. Ivanka's Guest of Honor at T's Inauguration was Abramovitch's Wife

Remember the Russian woman at Ivanka's side that whole weekend and sitting right next to her at the Inauguration Ceremony?

[ancianita]

32. No media are bustin' out this news. Why. Are they waiting to see how media go for 45's speech?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

44. That's what I want to know. This should be HUGE

story. Explains why dingbat so intractable in wall.

[ancianita]

45. It should be in headlines and nightly news. Daily. Roman Abramovich. 45's Putin-over-country policy

[red dog 1]

34. Do you have a link to the Facebook OP?

[at140]

36. Great research..thanks for posting.

[tarheelsunc]

37. This sounds so much like Arrested Development. Eom

[Beartracks]

38. Holy shit. Makes sense. Get this Russian tool out of the WH...

...and his posse of apologists in Congress. A bunch of selfish, spineless, suck-ups and sycophants.

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[iluvtennis]

39. Surprise, surprise. Can't wait for these leeches to be out of the White House

[StarzGuy]

40. The Republicans Have No Shame

Shame on Republicans, shame on trump. To Nancy Pelosi absolutely do NOT make any deal for the darn border wall which trump covets. Stay strong in opposition to any proposal that gives this winey little b^^^^ a border wall.

[Hugin]

41. I've been saying all along due to the specific amount demanded by Il Douche is to pay his...

debts. There will never be a wall. He could care less about immigration legal or otherwise... A psychopath's only concern is money. Because, money and what it can buy is their path to getting the attention (good or bad) which is their overwhelming and only desire. Those of us in the normal parts of the ego spectrum can scarcely imagine the burning drive and empty soul experienced by the malignant narcissist.

I will remind one more time that money laundering is the only business model Trumpty Dumpstery knows.

[Snarkoleptic]

42. So, will Mexico be making the check payable to Putin, directly?

Or maybe also payable to Trump, so he'll sign next to Putin.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

43. Kick for visibility. This should be all over news

[luckykate54]

46. why is this not in the news?

[CousinIT]

47. MUCH more to this Roman Abramovich creep (explains a lot of shit Trump is doing)

ORIGINAL twitter thread:

Link to tweet

UNROLLED thread:

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/998281154846380033.html

1. Abramovich, was permitted by Putin to sell his oil company for $13 billion in 2005 to a Russian State firm. In 2008, he received a $1.8 billion, Russian tax payer funded, loan from Putin's, US sanctioned, VEB bank to bail out his co-owned global steel/mining company, EVRAZ.
BREAKING: UK has not renewed Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich‘s visa. https://www.ft.com/content/32eb170a-5c2a-11e8-ad91-e01af256df68 …
UK has not renewed Roman Abramovich’s visa
Oligarch and owner of Chelsea football club returns to Russia

2. Side Note 1 - In 2007, Abramovich and his Russian partners paid an estimated $3 billion to purchase three steel plants in the US, (Oregon, Colorado, and Delaware) and five steel plants in Canada (Alberta and Saskatchewan).

3. EVRAZ's US Claymont Steel plant closed on Dec. 2013, just three months before the US/EU imposed Ukrainian related sanctions against Russia. Claymont, Delaware is the boyhood home of VP Joe Biden, the Obama Administration's 2013-2016 public champion of Ukraine's revolution.

4. In Feb 2014, Russia invades Crimea; In April 2014, Abramovich warns the Ukraine crisis could hit its EVRAZ owned Ukraine businesses. Between 2014-2018, EVRAZ sells all of its Ukrainian held corporate assets.

5. In one of his first actions, President Trump, changed his 'Buy American Steel' campaign pledge to allow EVRAZ produced Canadian steel pipes to be used in the Keystone XL Pipeline. In addition, Conrad Winkler,

6. Chief Executive of EVRAZ North America, attended President Trump's March 2018 Steel Tariffs meeting at the White House. Between 2013-2018, EVRAZ has spent nearly $2 million lobbying Congress/Commerce Dept. against National Defense Authorization Act, "Buy American Provisions".

7. Side note 2 - Abramovich is classed as second on the Coal Dirty Dozen list. The Russian EVRAZ Raspadskaya Coal complex produces 1.5GT of carbon emission, which is not far off of Russia's overall annual carbon emissions output.

8. Side Note 3 - Abramovich has a personal and philanthropic relationship with Jared and Ivanka Trump. He hosted Jared and Ivanka at his home in Moscow in early 2014. /END

Interesting that Roman Abramovich's spokesperson denied in August 2018 any US lobbying activities but it's well documented that his co-owned steel company, #Evraz North America has spent millions lobbying Congress, DoD, and Commerce against US buy American provisions.

Colorado taxpayers should be cautious. Russian oligarch and "Putin fixer" Roman Abramovich's Evraz played a similar corporate game with its Claymont, Delaware steel plant that closed in 2013. Agreements with Evraz aren't always what they seem.

Alex Van Der Zwaan's archived Skadden profile says he represented "the Evraz Group S.A. in relation to their holdings in mining assets in Ukraine." Evraz is owned by Ivanka & Jared's close friend Roman Abramovich, a Russian billionaire close to Putin. Van Der Zwaan also
successfully represented Abramovich during the Berezovsky trial in the UK.

Vekselberg, Blavatnik, Alfa Bank Execs, and others were introduced to Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner during a 2014 Moscow charity event, hosted by Roman Abramovich. Alfa bank loaned Abramovich's EVRAZ NA Steel Company $200M in 2015. #TrumpCrimeFamily

According to ProPublica, Roman Abramovich's co-owned steel & mining Company, EVRAZ S.A., spent more than 1.3 million dollars lobbying Congress, Commerce, EPA, and the US Trade Representative. Lobbying intensified after 2013 Ukraine uprising and continues into first quarter 2018.

The largest steel gas line pipe makers in North America are Russian owned. Namely Roman Abramovich’s, Evraz and Anton Chubais,TMK IPSCO. Abramovich and Chubais were Yeltsin loyalist but we're both key players in bringing Putin to power.

Roman Abramovich’s, Evraz recently threatened to close its Pueblo, Colorado steel plant and open a new plant in an unnamed US southern city unless Colorado meets its energy supply (coal) demands. Recently, President Trump tweeted that new steel plants will soon be built in US.

Roman rebuilds his Russian empire
Helped by his political clout, Chelsea's billionaire owner is buying a steel firm back home, and perhaps the UK's Corus, writes Oliver Morgan.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2006/jun/04/theobserver.observerbusiness10

A 2006 Guardian article accurately predicts Roman Abramovich's strategy, in collaboration with Putin, to purchase Evraz and use it as a platform to secure control over global energy exploitation, extraction, and transportation.

It has to do with opening US public and private lands to fracking and other natural resource/mineral extraction. There are billions in play and the Russian oligarchs who own the US extraction, heavy industries, and mining technologies are key to the plan. #plasmafracking, #Evraz

Roman Abramovich is a controlling investor in a Texas fracking Company, Propell. Propell and its sister company, Novas own the US/Canadian patents for this technology. Plasma fracking is Russian developed and could be used throughout the US--offering billions in future revenue.

After his UK visa denial, Roman Abramovich obtained Israeli citizenship. He reportedly is investing heavily in nano technology research at a prestigious Israeli University.

Reportedly to obtain immunity, from acts committed during Russia's Aluminum Wars, Abramovich was elected in 2000, the Governor of Chukotka. Such RS Government immunity is similar to Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh's opinion that sitting US presidents are immune from prosecution.

Correction: it's Anatoly Chubais not Anton
Switzerland's federal police advised officials to reject his application over suspicions he might be involved in money laundering or have contact with criminal organisations.
Mr Abramovich denies any wrongdoing.
Roman Abramovich was deemed potential 'security threat' by Swiss police
Swiss police reportedly suspected the Russian, who denies wrongdoing, of involvement with criminality.
https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-45641867

Roman Abramovich already has a mountain estate in Aspen and now wanted to reside in Switzerland.
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/09/26/world/europe/ap-eu-switzerland-abramovich.html?partner=IFTTT

Abramovich, Abramov, Shvidler, and Frolov are shuffling money from Evraz to prepare for potential US sanctions.
https://rusletter.com/articles/russian_oligarchs_shuffled_shares_of_the_evraz_group

This article takes on new significance since Michael Cohen flipped to the SC and links nicely to the previous tweet that Abramovich is moving money out of Evraz. The Chabad, Rosen, Sapir, Cohen, Trump, Liviev, Abramovich mob nexus may be fast unraveling.
Michael Cohen Gets a Special Visit
Instead of going to court, Trump's lawyer smoked cigars with men tied to Putin.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2018/04/17/michael-cohen-gets-a-special-visit/

Propell is now Pledge Petroleum Corp. if oil prices rise to more than $100 a barrel Abramovich will make billions by plasma pulse fracking the US. Ervington is an Abramovich owned holding company.
Pledge Petroleum Corp (OTCMKTS ROP) Has Billionaire Backing
Pledge Petroleum Corp (OTCMKTS ROP) , the oil exploration and production company, jumped on large volume this month. Why? On the investment site iHub, the market participants stated that Roman Abram…
https://insiderfinancial.com/pledge-petroleum-corp-otcmktsprop-has-billionaire-backing

Millhouse LLC is the Cypriot registered holding company co-owned by Roman Abramovich and also is the holding company for Evraz. It appears Roman Abramovich may also be associated, through Ivan Persivanov, with Cleveland Bio Labs.
http://www.cbiolabs.com/ivan-persiyanov/

Cleveland Biolabs inc (CBLI) principal Investor is RS oligarch, David Davidovich. Davidovich is a partner and close friend of Roman Abramovich and profited during the 2005 sale of Sibneft. CBLI performs nuclear bio defense for the DoD and cancer research.
https://www.biospace.com/article/releases/cleveland-biolabs-inc-announces-board-appointments-/

OncoTartis is associated with Cleveland Biolabs. Abramovich is using his new holding company, Norma to invest in this cancer cure start up. Pharmstandard is Abramovich's former Russian company. OncoTartis is linked to all US pharmaceutical companies.
https://www.rvc.ru/en/press-service/massmedia/rvc/117708/

Interesting Guardian article describes how Roman Abramovich came to own Russia's largest oil company, Sibneft (now Gazprom).
'He won, Russia lost'
Roman Abramovich, Britain's richest man, has lavished millions and millions upon Chelsea Football Club. Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark track down the workers in the oilfields of Siberia who make i…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/may/08/russia.football

Blackmoon Crypto = Abramovich, Frolov, Usmanov, Deripaska. When real estate, steel, and aluminum fail there is always crypto to protect a billion here, a billion there, a billion everywhere.

How Russia’s Billionaires Have Gone Bonkers for Bitcoin
There are few hotter issues in Russia right now than cryptocurrencies. So it may come as no surprise to hear that many of the country’s most influential, super-rich elites have a finger firmly plante…
https://cryptonews.com/exclusives/how-russia-s-billionaires-have-gone-bonkers-for-bitcoin-1337.htm

Abramovich’s investment in Israeli based nanotech though StoreDot; support of nano innovator, Simon Litsyn; and university R&D enhances his broader investments in biotech, energy extraction/transfer, industry, batteries, consumer tech, and social media.
Roman Abramovich visits StoreDot in Herzliya
https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-roman-Abramovich-visits-storedot-in-herzliya-1001238698