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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Russia brushes off Flynn resignation, looks to Rex Tillerson for negotiations"
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/02/14/russia-mounts-fierce-defence-of-ex-trump-security-adviser-flynn.html
After defending Flynn amid the controversy, Russian lawmakers are now signalling a turn toward U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in improving ties.
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The Russian establishment has not harboured any illusions about the Trump administrations pro-Russia stance for some time now, said Alexei Makarkin at the Moscow-based Center for Political Technologies.
This infatuation with Trump in Russia is over, and Flynn as a person who has contributed to this infatuation stopped being perceived as a figure who can have a real impact on the U.S. foreign policy, Makarkin said.
The nomination of Tillerson, former chief executive at ExxonMobil, showed the Russians that he, not Flynn, would be doing the negotiating, Makarkin said.
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The Russian establishment has not harboured any illusions about the Trump administrations pro-Russia stance for some time now, said Alexei Makarkin at the Moscow-based Center for Political Technologies.
This infatuation with Trump in Russia is over, and Flynn as a person who has contributed to this infatuation stopped being perceived as a figure who can have a real impact on the U.S. foreign policy, Makarkin said.
The nomination of Tillerson, former chief executive at ExxonMobil, showed the Russians that he, not Flynn, would be doing the negotiating, Makarkin said.
A few thoughts on this:
- Tillerson has long standing ties to Russians and a mutual interest in extracting as much oil as possible, especially in the Arctic region.
- I wonder how much intel Flynn already gave them.
- Hmmm - Center for Political Technologies.
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"Russia brushes off Flynn resignation, looks to Rex Tillerson for negotiations" (Original Post)
suffragette
Feb 2017
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Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)1. Danger ahead.
Tillerson is in succession.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)2. Flynn was never important to #45's long-range plan. He was
just a dull tool. Sec. Tillerson is the guy with the knowledge and connections to get Russia's oil transported across Crimea and put on the world market, without Russia having to pay tax to Ukraine. Sec. Tillerson will make sure that with the USA military guaranteeing cargo protection and delivery, Putin and US companies make out like bandits, at the expense of Ukraine and the Russian people. Gee, thanks Republicans, for just eliminating transparency on transactions for foreign bribes and payoffs. All is falling into place, just in time for the world's master criminals.