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CK_John

(10,005 posts)
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 07:02 PM Feb 2017

IMO, Trump and Putin were doing a deal to build "the Wall", Flynn was the go between.

The (19.5%) US$11 billion stake in Rosneft PJSC was the money in shares but nobody knows were it ended up.

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IMO, Trump and Putin were doing a deal to build "the Wall", Flynn was the go between. (Original Post) CK_John Feb 2017 OP
eh? No. Schema Thing Feb 2017 #1
Those sanctions were worth 500B. Cracklin Charlie Feb 2017 #2
IMO, Putin was buying the rights to build the wall for 11Bil, the cost. CK_John Feb 2017 #4
Glencore or Qatar? jmg257 Feb 2017 #3
Glencore got a 3% cut to handle the transaction and Qatar is place CK_John Feb 2017 #5
Qatar has a national fund - they invest$$$ as they are super rich. jmg257 Feb 2017 #6
That's what I said. CK_John Feb 2017 #7
Ah - gotcha...thanks! jmg257 Feb 2017 #8

CK_John

(10,005 posts)
4. IMO, Putin was buying the rights to build the wall for 11Bil, the cost.
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 07:13 PM
Feb 2017

estimated at the time of their meeting. The estimate has gone up since then.

jmg257

(11,996 posts)
3. Glencore or Qatar?
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 07:12 PM
Feb 2017
Glencore plc is an Anglo–Swiss multinational commodity trading and mining company with headquarters in Baar, Switzerland, and a registered office in Saint Helier, Jersey.


The Qatar Investment Authority is Qatar's state-owned holding company that can be characterized as a National Wealth Fund. It specializes in domestic and foreign investment

CK_John

(10,005 posts)
5. Glencore got a 3% cut to handle the transaction and Qatar is place
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 07:16 PM
Feb 2017

where the black hole begins and who knows where it actually ends up.

jmg257

(11,996 posts)
6. Qatar has a national fund - they invest$$$ as they are super rich.
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 07:18 PM
Feb 2017

Glencore would be the commodity trading company - so it would be through them.

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