Former Putin adviser has secret investment in US energy firm praised by Trump
Source: The Guardian
Exclusive: Alexander Voloshin has undisclosed stake in American Ethane - which has been hailed by Donald Trump
Luke Harding in London
Tue 10 Jul 2018 00.00 EDT
Vladimir Putins former chief of staff has a secret investment in an American energy company hailed by Donald Trump as creating jobs for American workers.
Alexander Voloshin who served as Boris Yeltsins chief of staff before working for Putin between 2000 and 2003 has an undisclosed stake in American Ethane, a Houston-based firm that recently signed a multibillion dollar export deal with China.
Voloshin is part of a consortium of Russian investors in American Ethane that at one point included the oligarch and billionaire Roman Abramovich.
The revelation comes ahead of Trumps four-day visit to the UK, beginning on Thursday, and his summit on 16 July with President Putin in Helsinki.
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