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US energy CEO resigns over Russian investor
A US energy CEO resigned after learning his main investor was a sanctioned Russian firm, not UAE, tied to Witkoff-Kushner-Putin talks.
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- CEO of a US energy company resigns after learning its main investor is a sanctioned Russian company, not the UAE.
- The company's plans were discussed during the Witkoff-Kushner-Putin negotiations.
- A Russian sanctioned company spent months quietly building financial control over an American energy project marketed as a patriotic win, while the administration removed the sanctions tool that would have stopped it.
- The project involves Russian technology controlling the commercialization of Arctic gas in the North Slope.
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Reaction on X: Most replies are critical, framing the episode as the Trump family selling Alaska drilling rights to sanctioned Russians via a $25 billion investment through family proxies and as Russia gaining control over US commercial gas. The original author added a quote noting it is unlawful and against US interests for Russian technology to control Arctic gas commercialization in the North Slope.
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