The white house said the sale of Uranium One Rosatom
White house press Secretary does not believe that financial donations to the canadian entity Uranium One Fund family Clinton could influence the conclusion of the sale of the organization Rosatom.
Firm Uranium One in 2013 came under the supervision of Russian Rosatom.
"There is no evidence that the donation influenced the decision ", - said at a regular press conference authorized the White house Josh Ernest. According to his statement, the issue of foreign investment leads the special Committee, which includes Commissioners from different government departments." The process of reviewing each question based on the need to reach agreement, if objections are raised, they will be considered. The Commissioner of the state Department in this Commission cannot influence the decision, " said Commissioner of the White house.
He didn't want to predict, would such a deal possible in terms of tense relations between Washington and the capital of Russia on the background of the fall in Ukraine.
"There are a number of grounds on which the Committee consider each case, I can't talk about them here", He said.
first of a series of publications in the U.S. said that the Founder of the organization Uranium One Frank Giustra donated to former President bill Clinton more than 31 million dollars after he visited together with Clinton Kazakhstan and won the match for mining uranium ore in the country. In addition, in 2008-2010 Uranium One has donated to the Clintons in total, 8, 65 million dollars. Finally, in 2010, bill Clinton received from an unnamed "Russian Investbank" five hundred thousand dollars for a speech in the capital of Russia. The magazine informs that the Bank served the acquisition of Uranium One by Rosatom. The reporters conclude that the family Foundation Clinton could get money from the Russian government paid to the founders of Uranuim One.
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