The Uranium Deal Part 3

Enter the Russians
Let’s talk about Hillary’s “reset” with the Russians. In the waning years of the Bush administration tensions started to rise with the Russians. Putin and Bush had no use for the other and the new Obama team thought they could get things back on track with a “reset”. This was Hillary’s brainchild. Hillary offered the Kremlin a chance to clean the slate and begin anew. At the heart of the reset was a bunch of economic and business deals involving oil and gas. What Hillary didn’t know was it was all a front so Putin could get his hands on more uranium.
The Russians had an ambitious plan for nuclear reactors but really wanted to corral a bigger share of the world uranium market. The dirty secret here was many of the deals the reset gave birth to returned huge profits to the investors who in turn donated many millions to the Clinton Foundation and funded the huge fees Billy Boy was getting for his laconic speeches. Many of the deals required State department approval which was a rubber “Hillary” stamp.
The Russian regulatory agency for all things nuclear is Rosatom. It is controlled entirely by the state and is considered very classified by the Russians. In 2009 the US was warned that the Russians were making moves to gather up more stores of Uranium and potentially take over territory that could supply it. (Recall the invasion of the Ukraine). Also in 2009 Rosatom bought a 17% stake in Uranium One. At the same time, Uranium One, a Canadian Company) was buying a huge stake of the American uranium market. By 2010, Uranium One had 61 nuclear projects going on 293,000 acres of US soil. This, plus other US holdings, projected Uranium One to control up to 50% of the American Uranium market by 2015.
The Russians sat back and just drooled over the opportunity to get involved here. But a slight hiccup occurred. In the Bush administration there was an agreement called the 123 Agreement. Basically it said there had to be specific nuclear agreements in place before doing any nuclear business with a foreign country. It was on the table with Russia but when they started rattling their sabres in Georgia, it was withdrawn. The net of this was no nuclear deals could be made without a new 123 Agreement.
Enter the Reset! The agreement was back on and guess who was in charge? HILLARY! Part of the reset was the US-Russian Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement which opened the door for Putin’s gang at Rosatom to buy a 51% stake in Uranium One. The story starts to get a bit convoluted here as many execs at Uranium One became filthy rich and many millions more poured into the Clinton Foundation from the profits they made.
The Russians had to overcome one more obstacle before they could take over Uranium One. Since it held strategic US assets, it required the approval of the Federal government and guess who that was. Right again, HILLARY! But, there was concern expressed by the Canadians and several US congressmen who felt the Russians could not be trusted in a commercial endeavor.
Putin went into major damage control in convincing everyone they could comply as did the management team of Uranium One. Letters were written by congress and many voices objected but eventually the deal was approved by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
Now who the heck are they and where did they get into the act? Next part.
End of Part 3