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Actually Rosneft is alleged to have given 19.5% of its shares in exchange for reducing sanctions against Russia. And by alleged I mean that's what the Steele do
by heartbreak 9y ago
Actually Rosneft is alleged to have given 19.5% of its shares in exchange for reducing sanctions against Russia. And by alleged I mean that's what the Steele dossier alleges [0], and 19.5% of Rosneft was sold to a yet to be named buyer in November of last year [1]. That's billions of dollars that a Russian company allegedly spent on the election.
[0] http://www.businessinsider.com/carter-page-trump-russia-igor-sechin-dossier-2017-1 http://www.businessinsider.com/carter-page-trump-russia-igor...
[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-rosneft-privatisation-insight/how-russia-sold-its-oil-jewel-without-saying-who-bought-it-idUSKBN1582OH https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-rosneft-privatisat...
- Alex3917 9y agoUnless they sold that equity and used the money to buy ads, that's not really relevant. The allegations about Trump's digital team being mainly a money laundering operation would potentially be more impactful, but if proven true it would ironically cast doubt on whether they were designed to GOTV.
- heartbreak 9y agoRelevant in what way? You were discussing alleged spend by Russian companies interfering with the election. You didn't specify that the spend specifically needed to be on mass media. Paying for campaign staff, ad buys, etc. with dark money isn't a new thing. I don't see why that'd be out of the realm of possibility for the Trump campaign when "normal" campaigns get caught spending dark money.