A Republican lobbyist who helped shape Donald Trump’s first major foreign policy speech was at the same time earning thousands of dollars to promote the construction of a natural-gas pipeline on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The firm of Richard Burt, who served in former President Ronald Reagan’s administration, was paid $365,000 for lobbying for the Russian government-controlled New European Pipeline AG, which was backing the new project, Politico reported Friday.
The pipeline would strengthen Putin’s influence over Europe given that it would supplement the Nord Stream, allowing more Russian gas to circumvent Ukraine and Belarus to flow directly to central …read more
Source: The Washington Free Beacon
