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It's all about "laying pipe"
You know --that "hot chick" Gaia needs some "serious pipe" layin'. Wink wink. Say no more...
DeSmog has uncovered that 40 percent of the steel created so far was manufactured in Canada by a subsidiary of Evraz, a company partly owned by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, who is a close ally of Putin and a Trump family friend. Evraz has also actively lobbied against provisions which would mandate that Keystone XL's steel be made in the U.S.
Article:
How a Russian Steel Oligarch and Putin Ally Is Profiting from the Keystone XL Pipeline
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Witty intro. 
There are multiple angles to this Russian Rump saga.
Thx.