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In reply to the discussion: What Putin has on Trump? [View all]fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)13. Carter Page was up to his neck in the Rosneft deal:
https://hillreporter.com/fall-trump-power-rise-rosneft-deal-17323
"On January 10, 2017, just 10 days before Trump would become our 45th president, BuzzFeed published the Steele Dossier, a 35-page report compiled by Former British MI6 intelligence officer Christopher Steele. At the time, the report seemed controversial, but as time has gone on, an increasing amount of the dossier has been corroborated in court filings and through media reports.
In the dossier, there is a particular portion which discusses events that took place in July of 2016, less than one month after the Trump Tower deal apparently came to an end. This portion, much of which has been corroborated through both media reports and congressional testimony, focuses on Trump Campaign Adviser Carter Pages frequent visits to Russia and meetings with representatives from Russia oil and energy company Rosneft.
Rosneft is one of the largest publicly traded oil companies in the world. However, the majority of the company is also owned by Vladimir Putin and many of his close oligarchs and associates. The company is currently valued at approximately $70 billion.
According to the Steele Dossier, in July of 2016, CEO of Rosneft, and close ally and de facto deputy of Vladimir Putin, Igor Sechin, confided details of a recent secret meeting between him and visiting Foreign Affairs Advisor to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Carter Page. U.S. Intelligence has also reportedly confirmed that Page met with Sechin in Russia during this time period."
"On January 10, 2017, just 10 days before Trump would become our 45th president, BuzzFeed published the Steele Dossier, a 35-page report compiled by Former British MI6 intelligence officer Christopher Steele. At the time, the report seemed controversial, but as time has gone on, an increasing amount of the dossier has been corroborated in court filings and through media reports.
In the dossier, there is a particular portion which discusses events that took place in July of 2016, less than one month after the Trump Tower deal apparently came to an end. This portion, much of which has been corroborated through both media reports and congressional testimony, focuses on Trump Campaign Adviser Carter Pages frequent visits to Russia and meetings with representatives from Russia oil and energy company Rosneft.
Rosneft is one of the largest publicly traded oil companies in the world. However, the majority of the company is also owned by Vladimir Putin and many of his close oligarchs and associates. The company is currently valued at approximately $70 billion.
According to the Steele Dossier, in July of 2016, CEO of Rosneft, and close ally and de facto deputy of Vladimir Putin, Igor Sechin, confided details of a recent secret meeting between him and visiting Foreign Affairs Advisor to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Carter Page. U.S. Intelligence has also reportedly confirmed that Page met with Sechin in Russia during this time period."
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Whoa...Volker: "is there some GRAND BARGAIN with Russia where we throw Ukraine under the bus."
Mersky
Nov 2019
#36
Both, plus Putin has the hacked emails from the RNC, just to keep the Republicans in fear of
Meadowoak
Nov 2019
#5
I'll go with number 1, along with a little of number 2 (Miss Universe, not teen universe).
Texin
Nov 2019
#20