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AM Joy: Back Channel From UAE is Probably About Transferring Money (Original Post) mucifer Mar 2018 OP
ROYAOL FLUSH, BLACKJACK, Journalist Sarah nt bonniebgood Mar 2018 #1
Someday, hopefully soon, someone's going to find out where that 19.5% of Rosneft went. CincyDem Mar 2018 #2
Sarah Kendzior got it right apkhgp Mar 2018 #3
But who would you want to be put in a room with the Special Prosecutor? erronis Mar 2018 #4
Who do I want to be questioned by the Special Prosecutor? apkhgp Mar 2018 #7
wow! yuiyoshida Mar 2018 #5
Great video! Sophia4 Mar 2018 #6

CincyDem

(6,347 posts)
2. Someday, hopefully soon, someone's going to find out where that 19.5% of Rosneft went.
Sun Mar 11, 2018, 11:14 AM
Mar 2018

From Rosneft wiki page:


On December 7, 2016, Rosneft signed a deal to sell 19.5% of the outstanding shares, or roughly $11 billion, to the Anglo-Swiss multinational commodity trader Glencore Plc and Qatar's state-owned wealth fund. Officially, the stake was split 50/50 between Glencore and Qatar, but Glencore contributed only 300 million euros and claims only a 0.54% stake. The ownership structure includes a Cayman Islands company, QHG Cayman Limited, whose ownership cannot be traced.


Always felt there was something fishy in this, particularly 30 days after the election. Wouldn't life be fun if QHG Cayman Limited starts to show up on some financials being reviewed by Mueller. Someone either fronted 11 billion to the deal or they're on the hook to Putin for an 11 billion loan to cover the purchase price. I wonder...who would have something worth 11 billion to collateralize an 11 billion loan.

erronis

(15,222 posts)
4. But who would you want to be put in a room with the Special Prosecutor?
Sun Mar 11, 2018, 03:10 PM
Mar 2018

I heard Eric Printz (sp), Jared Kushner, and the 2nd Ronnie (dumpster).

I hope that the Special Prosecutor has the wherewithal to dig deep into these people and their stories since each one is a talented liar, denier, and used to being on the other side of the lance.

The last one may devolve into a mass of blithering idiocy and anything he said might be disallowed in a court of law given his mental condition.

The other two might get conveniently pardoned by the idiot.

And, of course - the PTB may have convenient ways of disposing of them before they go on record.

apkhgp

(1,068 posts)
7. Who do I want to be questioned by the Special Prosecutor?
Sun Mar 11, 2018, 09:55 PM
Mar 2018

I would have automatically said 45. I am not a political scientist or an editorialist. So my choice to go with 45. Now I see all of these other players in the game. I have to say wait a minute chief, we have some more people on the roster of "Blithering Idiots".

Every two weeks I am seeing some new person being investigated or mentioned. This is why it is taking the Special Prosecutor so long here. They are going to have to pull up the rug and see how many names have been swept under it.


 

Sophia4

(3,515 posts)
6. Great video!
Sun Mar 11, 2018, 07:26 PM
Mar 2018

My theory -- totally based on my thinking and imagination and not on any special facts I happen to know -- is that, yes, this is about money.

But it has to be about a scheme to make money, not just to manage or move money in my opinion.

And, since Prince has suggested that he and his mercenaries should take over managing and running the US's Afghanistan operation, since Russia invaded Afghanistan at one point, and since the Saudis (country Trump visited almost immediately after moving into the White House) and Arab Emirates, etc. might be counted on to shade any action with Muslim respectability and even acceptability in Afghanistan, I think that the topic of taking Afghanistan's natural resources, mining them (or drilling for them) and then moving them out of the area through Russia is what this is about.

Just a theory, but I don't think these parties would risk the penalties for meeting to arrange a back-channel for communication unless lots of NEW money might be the incentive.

These types (the types meeting in the Seychelles) think in terms of REALLY BIG money, not just a few million or so, but REALLY BIG money.

I can't see them sneaking around the Seychelles for what would be to them pennies.

So I think they were up to planning a big heist, say in Afghanistan.

Remember when Trump appeared before the CIA staff and mentioned that we should have taken Iraq's oil?

I think that is what is behind the Trump/Russia thing.

I could be completely crazy, and I will be the first to admit that I am guessing and don't know what I am talking about really.

But -- flame away.

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