Hidden Russian Financing for Alaska Gas Project Emerges in U.S. Talks With Kremlin
A Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm, according to interviews and documents reported by The New York Times, and the arrangement has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.
The New York Times reported that hidden financing for an Alaska project has emerged in U.S. gas talks with the Kremlin. The report is bylined by Anton Troianovski and Eric Lipton.
According to The New York Times, interviews and documents show that a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The summary of the report does not identify the companies involved.
The Times also reported that the arrangement has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine. The summary does not say which parties raised the financing in those talks, when the discussions took place, or how the funding was structured.
The headline and summary describe two connected threads: the secret funding itself, and its appearance in discussions about ending the war in Ukraine. Neither thread is described further in the material available to this newsroom.
This account relies on the headline, summary, and byline of the Times report. The interviews and documents cited in the report were not independently reviewed for this story, and further details were not available at the time of writing.
Sources: The New York Times: In U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project Emerges.