The deal was detailed inside the 35 page dossier. If he becomes pres and lift sacntions Putin will give Trump 19% of Ros
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YuKiNo_HoRiuCHi — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 09:05 AM)
https://www.rt.com/business/375937-saudi-arabia-us-investment/
"President Trump has policies which are good for the oil industries, and I think we have to acknowledge it He has steered away from excessively anti-fossil fuels, unrealistic policies," Falih told the BBC.
"I think he wants a mixed energy portfolio that includes oil, gas, renewables and make sure the American economy is competitive. We want the same in Saudi Arabia," he added.
When asked whether he believes Trump will block oil imports from Saudi Arabia in a move to make US energy more independent, Falih answered: "We have no problem with the growth of American indigenous oil supply. I have repeatedly said, as long as they grow in line with global energy demand, we welcome them.
"We had billions of dollars invested in refining and distribution in the United States, and we may be increasing that investment on the back of pro-industry, pro-oil and gas policies of the Trump administration," he added.
According to Falih, hes ready to start working with Trumps pick for US Energy Secretary, former Texas Governor Rick Perry.
"Saudi Arabia and the United States cannot afford not to work together to confront the challenges that are facing the world," he told the British broadcaster.
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WellHung — 9 years ago(January 30, 2017 09:02 PM)
Unveiling the deal at a televised meeting with Rosneft's boss Igor Sechin on
Dec. 7
, President Vladimir Putin called it a sign of international faith in Russia, despite U.S. and EU financial sanctions on Russian firms including Rosneft.
It's like he knew that the sanctions will be lifted, somehow. Did a big fat orange bird tell him?
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WellHung — 9 years ago(January 31, 2017 09:44 AM)
According to reports, the dossier was created as the result of an investigation initially funded by "Never Trump" Republicans and later by Democrats.[5][6][7] In September 2015.
The Rosneft deal was first reported in June 2016.
By fall 2016, many news organizations knew about the existence of the dossier; it has been described as an "open secret" among journalists. However, they chose not to publish the information unless and until they could verify it.[7] Finally on October 31, 2016, a week before the election, Mother Jones reported that a former intelligence officer, whom they did not name, had produced a report based on Russian sources and turned it over to the FBI.[10]
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/world/trump/roseneft-sale-connection
Carter Page, a former foreign policy adviser to Trump, had met with Rosneft's Sechin in July 2016, according to Business Insider.
The dossier further alleged that Sechin had "offered Page and his associates the brokerage of up to a 19 percent (privatized) stake in Rosneft. In return, Page had expressed interest and confirmed that were Trump elected U.S. president, then sanctions on Russia would be lifted."
Page's trip to Russia and alleged meeting with Sechin has been the subject of an ongoing investigation by the U.S. intelligence community. The former foreign policy adviser left the Trump campaign in September 2016 after the allegations of his Moscow ties were first reported.
On Jan. 12, White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters that "Page is an individual whom the President-elect does not know and was put on notice months ago by the campaign."
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Dr_Krippen — 9 years ago(January 31, 2017 10:20 AM)
To clear things up for some people.
Russian Oil Deal Was Predicted By Trump Dossier
The unverified intelligence dossier compiled by retired U.K. spy Christopher Steele alleging ties between President Donald Trump's campaign and the Russian government has cast a suspicious light on the sale of a 19.5 percent stake to private entities by Russian state-owned oil company Rosneft's .
In December 2016, the Russian-owned oil company Rosneft sold off a 19.5 percent stake in a deal that had been previously under wraps. The complicated deal has resulted in questions about who has bought a stake in Rosneft, which has the most prodigious output of oil in the world. The administration of former President Barack Obama had expressed concern that the massive deal had violated U.S. sanctions on Russia.
The deal had reportedly surprised both Rosneft shareholders and the Russian government, with sources asserting that the privatization had been handled exclusively between Rosneft president Igor Sechin and Russian President Vladimir Putin's Kremlin. The Rosneft board of directors reportedly was not even aware of the privatization until it was publicly announced on Dec. 7, 2016, Reuters reports.
Associate fellow Lilia Shevtsova of the Russia and Eurasia program at Chatham House noted that the privatization deal had to have had input from Putin's Kremlin.
"In Russia we have a marriage between power and business, and that is why all important economic deals need approval and the endorsement of the authorities," Shevtsova told Business Insider. "This was a very serious commercial deal that hardly could have succeeded without the direct involvement with the Kremlin."
Rosneft's announcement of who has invested in their company has also been contradicted by journalistic investigations. While the Russian oil company asserted that the 19.5 percent stake, the largest foreign investment in Russia since the Obama administration slapped the country with stiff sanctions in 2014, was sold to a Singapore venture shared equally between the Swiss trading firm Glencore and Qatar's Qatari Investment Authority (QIA), the numbers do not add up.
Records of the deal found that Glencore had only contributed roughly $320 million U.S. dollars to the deal, which altogether cost roughly $11 billion, meaning that the oil trading firm had only invested 0.54 percent in a venture that both Putin and Sechin described as a 50-50 split.
Meanwhile, QIA invested roughly $2.7 billion while Italian bank Intesa SanPaolo reportedly loaned roughly $5.6 billion to the Singapore-based venture, meaning that nearly a third of the price of the 19.5 percent stake has not been accounted for.
Public records also included that ownership for the stake in Rosneft also belongs to a Cayman Islands firm that cannot be identified, meaning that a crucial investor in the Russian oil company remains a mystery. The companies involved have also declined to answer how the 19.5 stake in Rosneft will be divided up between them.
Which is where the unverified dossier alleging ties between Putin's government and the Trump campaign comes in. That document had alleged that Carter Page, a former foreign policy adviser to Trump, had met with Rosneft's Sechin in July 2016, according to Business Insider.
The dossier further alleged that Sechin had "offered Page and his associates the brokerage of up to a 19 percent (privatized) stake in Rosneft. In return, Page had expressed interest and confirmed that were Trump elected U.S. president, then sanctions on Russia would be lifted."
Page's trip to Russia and alleged meeting with Sechin has been the subject of an ongoing investigation by the U.S. intelligence community. The former foreign policy adviser left the Trump campaign in September 2016 after the allegations of his Moscow ties were first reported.
On Jan. 12, White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters that "Page is an individual whom the President-elect does not know and was put on notice months ago by the campaign."
Spicer's assertion was contradicted by an interview Trump had given in March 2016, when he stated that Page was among his foreign policy advisers, CNN reports.
Page previously held investments in the state-owned Russian energy company Gazprom, the parent company of the Gazprombank, which had funded the sale of Rosneft's 19.5 percent stake the the Singapore venture. The former Trump adviser told the FBI in September that he had sold his stake in Gazprom.
On Dec. 7, 2016, Rosneft finalized its privatization deal. One Dec. 8, Carter visited Moscow to meet with Rosneft leaders, although he denied meeting with Sechin.
The intelligence document alleging Page's talks with Sechin has not been verified and must be viewed with skepticism, but its accusation that the Rosneft president had offered Page the brokerage of a 19 percent privatization of the oil company was predictive of the 19.5 percent stake sold to the Singapore venture, whose investors include a mysterious Cayman Islan -
TrashcanDude — 9 years ago(January 31, 2017 10:22 AM)
Way to go, Sherlock. Looks like the jig is up.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yv7kWQ5cmaI/maxresdefault.jpg
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Dr_Krippen — 9 years ago(January 31, 2017 12:35 PM)
What parts are made up?
That Russia has privatized part of their state owned oil conglomerate? That's fact.
That Exxon CEO Tillerson is good pals with Putin and has been nominated for Secretary of State? Fact.
Come on snowflake, tell us what makes it such a fantasy.
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KingFritzLang — 9 years ago(January 31, 2017 12:38 PM)
Most of you losers are gonna take the suicide route over the course of the next 8 yearshopefully.
Youre all going bat chit crazy!
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TrashcanDude — 9 years ago(January 31, 2017 12:43 PM)
What parts are made up?
That Russia has privatized part of their state owned oil conglomerate? That's fact.
That Exxon CEO Tillerson is good pals with Putin and has been nominated for Secretary of State? Fact.
Come on snowflake, tell us what makes it such a fantasy.
Facts?
Obama was pals with Bill Ayers.
Bill Ayers was a domestic terrorist with the Weather Underground, a self-described communist revolutionary group with the intent to overthrow imperialism.
Obama was elected President, twice.
Come on, snowflake, tell us what makes Obama not a subversive terrorist?
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Dr_Krippen — 9 years ago(January 31, 2017 01:22 PM)
So, did Obama in fact "overthrow imperialism"?
What exactly did Obama do with what he learned from Ayers? Name one thing.
Trump is pocketing cash from selling out US interests to Putin. The evidence is almost all there.
Bit of a difference there snowflake.
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