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Последнее сообщение Washington Post: Эрик Принс врал про свою встречу с Кириллом Дмитриевым на Сейшелах во время показаний в Конгрессе, где он говорил, что случайно наткнулся на Дмитриева в баре отеля. Как и сообщалось ранее, встреча была организована в целях тайного канала связи между Путиным и Трампом.

Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has gathered evidence that a secret meeting in Seychelles just before the inauguration of Donald Trump was an effort to establish a back channel between the incoming administration and the Kremlin - apparently contradicting statements made to lawmakers by one of its participants, according to people familiar with the matter.
In January 2017, Erik Prince, the founder of the private security company Blackwater, met with a Russian official close to Russian President Vladi­mir Putin and later described the meeting to congressional investigators as a chance encounter that was not a planned discussion of U.S.-Russia relations.
A witness cooperating with Mueller has told investigators the meeting was set up in advance so that a representative of the Trump transition could meet with an emissary from Moscow to discuss future relations between the countries, according to the people familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/mueller-gathers-evidence-that-2016-seychelles-meeting-was-effort-to-establish-back-channel-to-kremlin/2018/03/07/b6a5fb8c-224b-11e8-94da-ebf9d112159c_story.html



Остаётся загадкой, зачем именно понадобился такой канал связи. В своих показаниях в Конгрессе Принс также забыл упомянуть своего хорошего знакомого Джорджа Надера - американца ливанского происхождения, который работал на шейха (наследного принца и фактического правителя ОАЭ) Мухаммада ибн Зайд аль-Нахайяна и принимал участие как во встрече на Сейшелах, так и тайной встрече шейха с Кушнером, Флинном и Бэнноном в Нью-Йорке в декабре 2016. Надер был задержан ФБР в аэропорту, когда направлялся на празднование годовщины инаугурации Трампа, и после допроса пошёл на сотрудничество с расследованием Мюллера.

Mr. Nader was first served with search warrants and a grand jury subpoena on Jan. 17, shortly after landing at Washington Dulles International Airport, according to two people familiar with the episode. He had intended to travel on to Mar-a-Lago, Mr. Trump’s Florida estate, to celebrate the president’s first year in office, but the F.B.I. had other plans, questioning him for more than two hours and seizing his electronics.
Since then, Mr. Nader has been questioned numerous times about meetings in New York during the transition, the Seychelles meeting and meetings in the White House with two of Mr. Trump’s senior advisers, Jared Kushner and Stephen K. Bannon, who has since left the administration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/06/us/politics/george-nader-special-counsel-mueller-cooperating-seychelles.html

Повестку Мюллера на показания большому жюри Надер получил вскоре после Бэннона. Похоже, что клубок связей с Принсом и ОАЭ начал распутываться с Бэннона.

Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump’s former chief strategist, was subpoenaed last week by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, to testify before a grand jury as part of the investigation into possible links between Mr. Trump’s associates and Russia, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.
The move marked the first time Mr. Mueller is known to have used a grand jury subpoena to seek information from a member of Mr. Trump’s inner circle. The special counsel’s office has used subpoenas before to seek information on Mr. Trump’s associates and their possible ties to Russia or other foreign governments.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/16/us/politics/steve-bannon-mueller-russia-subpoena.html