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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThat Tillerson guy got a Fellow Traveler award from Putin.
They call it something more innocuous.
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That Tillerson guy got a Fellow Traveler award from Putin. (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2016
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think
(11,641 posts)1. In 2013, Tillerson was awarded the Order of Friendship by Putin. In 2011 he signed big oil contracts
with Russia to drill in the Arctic:
Rex Tillerson
Tillerson has close ties with Vladimir Putin; the two men have been associates since Tillerson represented Exxons interests in Russia during Boris Yeltsin's premiership.[12] John Hamre, the president and CEO of the Center for Strategic and International Studies(for which Tillerson is a board member), states that Tillerson "has had more interactive time with Vladimir Putin than probably any other American with the exception of Henry Kissinger."[12]
In 2011, on behalf of ExxonMobil, Tillerson signed an agreement with Russia for drilling in the Arctic that could be valued up to $300 billion.[13] Although the company began drilling in the Kara Sea in summer 2014, sanctions against Russia during the Ukranian crisis brought the project to a halt in September of that year.[14][15]
In 2013, Tillerson was awarded the Order of Friendship by Putin.[10]
Read more:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Tillerson#Ties_with_Russia
Tillerson has close ties with Vladimir Putin; the two men have been associates since Tillerson represented Exxons interests in Russia during Boris Yeltsin's premiership.[12] John Hamre, the president and CEO of the Center for Strategic and International Studies(for which Tillerson is a board member), states that Tillerson "has had more interactive time with Vladimir Putin than probably any other American with the exception of Henry Kissinger."[12]
In 2011, on behalf of ExxonMobil, Tillerson signed an agreement with Russia for drilling in the Arctic that could be valued up to $300 billion.[13] Although the company began drilling in the Kara Sea in summer 2014, sanctions against Russia during the Ukranian crisis brought the project to a halt in September of that year.[14][15]
In 2013, Tillerson was awarded the Order of Friendship by Putin.[10]
Read more:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Tillerson#Ties_with_Russia
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)2. Thank you.
think
(11,641 posts)4. Crazy stuff. Didn't know this before you posted. Thank you. /nt
putitinD
(1,551 posts)3. and all Trump got was a rusty trombone.