RUSSIA/РОССИЯ THREAD—ASSANGE CHRGD W/ SPYING—DJT IMPEACHED TWICE-US TREASURY SANCTS KILIMNIK AS RUSSIAN AGNT

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

 

[Batter Up]

I'm a genius, Papadopolis, never lenient on your Zenith

I REALLY MEAN IT!

fukk a Papadopoulos, fukk everybody
I'm a piece of fat orange trash and I say it proudly
Here, tell the special counsel something they don't know about me

 

[AZBeauty]

It's not going to be there death of their party because they will just find a way to play on people's emotions, like the whole transgender thing. Instead of focusing on real issues they'll push shyt like look at those sick liberals, they want grown men to go to the bathroom with your ten year old daughter and people will eat it up.

I refused to believe that Republican voters as a whole all fall in line with the "look here is a boogeyman for you to focus on" while you ignore us over here continuing to be country over. At least I'd hope.

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

I hope he's getting paid for all the work he puts in.

I’m wondering why he’s not throwing Pence in there..

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

@tru_m.a.c I ain't forget.

Wheres my coli cash?

I invested all that shyt in the bets and you just skated off when you flubbed the thread merge

You're acting like we can't see you

 

[MR. Conclusion]

Then

I refused to believe that Republican voters as a whole all fall in line with the "look here is a boogeyman for you to focus on" while you ignore us over here continuing to be country over. At least I'd hope.

Then you lost. It's really as simple as what you refuse to believe.

 

[LeVraiPapi]

The heads of the party are dirty too. Mueller will be bringing them down too. Ryan and McConnell can’t protect him if they’re facing charges of their own.

True that, but others will. They can still be influenced by Ryan, Mitch and Lindsay

 

[Tommy Fits]

I refused to believe that Republican voters as a whole all fall in line with the "look here is a boogeyman for you to focus on" while you ignore us over here continuing to be country over. At least I'd hope.

It's not just Republicans, we're all emotional creatures and it's easy to play our emotions against our common sense. The only difference is the Republican media has done a much better job at brain washing the base and been doing it much longer.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Putin really is a super villain

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

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Russian oil behemoth Rosneft reportedly suspends an oil project in the Black Sea because of western sanctions
Elena Holodny

Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters

• Rosneft reportedly suspended an oil project in the Yuzhno-Chernomorsky area of the Black Sea due to western sanctions.
• Rosneft had partnered with Exxon-Mobil and Eni a few years ago to work on joint-exploration projects in the Black Sea and other areas.
• While US sanctions block Exxon from working with Rosneft, the EU version of the sanctions includes a grandfather clause for existing projects, which has allowed Eni to continue working with Rosneft.

Russian oil behemoth Rosneft has reportedly suspended an oil project in the Black Sea.

Russia’s Federal Subsurface Management Agency (Rosnedra) suspended Rosneft's license for the exploration and production of oil and gas in the Yuzhno-Chernomorksy area of the Black Sea for five years because of western sanctions, a source told RBC.

Russian state media TASS later reported the suspension, as well. A representative from Rosneft said that the project is currently unfeasible due to the "adverse macroeconomic situation and sanctions," as well due to the lack of necessary drilling equipment. The company will "keep an eye on changes in the macroeconomic parameters," TASS said.

But the Russian oil giant plans to continue drilling in the Zapadno-Chernomorsky area of the Black Sea and will soon begin drilling an appraisal well with Italian oil multinational Eni SpA, according to the Rosneft representative cited by TASS.

Thomson Reuters

Energy exports are the backbone and muscle of the Russian economy, and Moscow has long been keen to develop some of its nonporous fields, which are difficult to tap with traditional drilling techniques. But Russia doesn't have the technological capability to work in those regions alone. So, Rosneft teamed up with Exxon-Mobil Corp. and Eni for joint exploration projects in several regions, including the Black Sea and the Arctic.

Some of those exploration plans hit a brick a brick wall several years later, however, after western sanctions were imposed on Russia in response to its actions in Ukraine.

While Exxon has had to suspend its partnership with Rosneft, the EU version of the sanctions on Russia is slightly different from the US's in that there's a grandfather clause for existing projects. This has allowed Italian oil company Eni to continue its venture in the Russian sector of the Black Sea.

A source told the Wall Street Journal back in April 2017 that "Exxon is worried it could get boxed out of the Black Sea by the Italians." Meanwhile, Eni and Rosneft signed an extension cooperation agreement in the areas of upstream, refining, marketing, and trading in May 2017.

US-Russia relations and their effect on oil
Rosneft and Exxon signed a landmark deal in 2012 under then-Exxon CEO and current Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's leadership to explore Russia's arctic and its portion of the Black Sea, as well as drill in Siberia. Rosneft signed another deal with Eni two weeks later.

The Obama administration issued an executive order that imposed sanctions on Russia in response to the country's actions in Ukraine in 2014. Part of the sanctions leveled on Russia include the prohibition of technology transfers in Russian energy projects in the Arctic, Siberia, and the Black Sea. Sanctions also prohibit dealings with Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin.

The red area is where Rosneft said it found oil. Wikimedia

One key casualty of that round of sanctions was the Kara Sea inside the Arctic Circle.

In September 2014, Rosneft discovered oil there with Exxon but, due to the sanctions, they could not continue the landmark joint exploration. This proved to be problematic for both parties since Rosneft does not have the technological ability to drill in cold offshore conditions by itself, while Russia was Exxon's second-biggest exploration area at the time.

US President Donald Trump advocated improving relations with Russia over the course of his campaign. However, the prospects of improving relations between the two countries began to fade over the course of 2017 following a US strike on Syria and the launching of an investigation into whether there were ties between Trump aides and Russia by Congress.

And after it emerged in April 2017 that Exxon applied to the Treasury Department in 2015 for a waiver of sanctions restrictions, the Treasury swiftly released a statement saying it won't issue waivers to US companies, including Exxon, to work in Russia.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

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[Dameon Farrow]

He can fire Mueller and the Rebuplicowards won't do shyt still. Trust me.

I keep telling folks if impeachment was gonna be on the table it would have been there already. Now if the right loses that majority on capital hill......
And see that's their fear. Im sure they hate trump right now. But they gotta save face regardless. Literally no other game in town to play. Awful situation to be in.

 

[Dameon Farrow]

But then I really didn't think this russia shyt was as deep as it is. I've been thoroughly humbled in the past few days.

Anything can happen. And I expect anything will.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

This dude is slurring his words