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Trump Envoy Erik Prince Met with CEO of Russian Direct Investment Fund in Seychelles
Shortly before Donald Trumps inauguration, Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater and head of Frontier Services Group, traveled to the Seychelles, an island nation in the Indian Ocean, and met with a Russian official close to President Vladimir Putin. According to the Washington Post, the meeting between the Russian and Prince, who presented himself as an unofficial envoy of Trump, took place around January 11 and was brokered by Mohammed bin Zayed, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, to establish a backchannel between the president-elect and Putin.
The identity of the Russian individual was not disclosed, but on January 11, a Turkish-owned Bombardier Global 5000 charter plane flew Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, to the Seychelles, flight records obtained by The Intercept show. Dmitrievs plane was an unscheduled charter flight and flew to the island with two other Russian individuals, both women. The RDIF is a $10 billion sovereign wealth fund created by the Russian government in 2011.
On August 7, Prince told CNN that he was in the Seychelles on business in January to meet with Emirati officials and met some fund manager I cant even remember his name. Prince said the meeting probably lasted about as long as one beer.
Although Prince repeatedly stated he couldnt remember the Russians name We didnt exchange cards a spokesperson for Frontier Services Group confirmed to The Intercept in September that Prince crossed paths with Dmitriev in the Seychelles.
More: https://theintercept.com/2017/11/28/blackwaters-erik-prince-met-with-ceo-of-russian-direct-investment-fund/
Shortly before Donald Trumps inauguration, Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater and head of Frontier Services Group, traveled to the Seychelles, an island nation in the Indian Ocean, and met with a Russian official close to President Vladimir Putin. According to the Washington Post, the meeting between the Russian and Prince, who presented himself as an unofficial envoy of Trump, took place around January 11 and was brokered by Mohammed bin Zayed, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, to establish a backchannel between the president-elect and Putin.
The identity of the Russian individual was not disclosed, but on January 11, a Turkish-owned Bombardier Global 5000 charter plane flew Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, to the Seychelles, flight records obtained by The Intercept show. Dmitrievs plane was an unscheduled charter flight and flew to the island with two other Russian individuals, both women. The RDIF is a $10 billion sovereign wealth fund created by the Russian government in 2011.
On August 7, Prince told CNN that he was in the Seychelles on business in January to meet with Emirati officials and met some fund manager I cant even remember his name. Prince said the meeting probably lasted about as long as one beer.
Although Prince repeatedly stated he couldnt remember the Russians name We didnt exchange cards a spokesperson for Frontier Services Group confirmed to The Intercept in September that Prince crossed paths with Dmitriev in the Seychelles.
More: https://theintercept.com/2017/11/28/blackwaters-erik-prince-met-with-ceo-of-russian-direct-investment-fund/
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New: Trump Envoy Erik Prince Met with CEO of Russian Direct Investment Fund in Seychelles (Original Post)
MelissaB
Nov 2017
OP
If this was a Clinton or Obama envoy, Prince and the rest would DEMAND they be in jail.
Eliot Rosewater
Nov 2017
#4
This story has been out for quite awhile...but this is one of the ones that's gonna marinate
Kirk Lover
Nov 2017
#7
Sneederbunk
(14,289 posts)1. Just happened to be in the Seychelles, ran into this guy,
had a beer, then went back to doing run of the mill treasonous stuff.
dalton99a
(81,433 posts)2. Kick
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)3. Republican treasonweasels
Are totally trashing the USA
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)4. If this was a Clinton or Obama envoy, Prince and the rest would DEMAND they be in jail.
I want to retreat again into oblivion.
Drugs maybe.
Nah, cant do that. I dont even smoke pot.
Maybe if I shut myself into my room and watch reruns of some sitcom.
Initech
(100,060 posts)5. Called it!!!!
This was a systematic, party wide effort to take down Hillary Clinton. May they all rot in hell.
Ilsa
(61,692 posts)6. Rachel Maddow covered this meet-up months ago. nt
Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)7. This story has been out for quite awhile...but this is one of the ones that's gonna marinate
and circle back and go
Boxerfan
(2,533 posts)8. They were bugged-owned-for the entire meeting
And I'm pretty certain a certain prosecutor has a copy of the transcript.
IIRC Rachel covered it-they swept for listening devices but the intel "notebook" that a party used was a broadcast station with sophisticated mic's etc...
I really hope that part is proven out & that murderous-treason weasel Prince gets what he deserves. A life in solitary.