Nord Stream 2 AG, the company that will operate the pipeline, has paid more than $5 million to Roberti Global, a lobbying firm run by Democratic donor and lobbyist Vincent Roberti, since the start of 2020, the OpenSecrets analysis shows. Two lobbying firms – Roberti Global and the BGR Group – have received the largest contracts from Russian interests looking to influence Nord Stream 2. NORD STREAM 2: How a gas pipeline became a bargaining chip in the crisis between Russia and Ukraine Millions spent behind the scenes “We just can’t look inside this black box to know really what they’re doing.”
Schmitt, postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard University and senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis.īen Freeman, a research fellow at the Quincy Institute and an expert on foreign influence campaigns, compared the Russian lobbyists’ opacity to a “black box” that shuts out all light.
The lack of transparency “should be a wakeup call for Americans concerned with the extent to which entities associated with authoritarian regimes like Russia and China are working to influence decision making in Washington,” said Benjamin L. Lobbyists are required under government disclosure rules to report certain – but not all – activities. The large sums of cash flowing to lobbyists alarm advocates of government transparency in part because firms representing Russian clients have disclosed few details about their activities. Lobbyists for the Ukrainian government and other interests in the eastern European country raked in more than $2 million from their clients last year to aggressively oppose Nord Stream 2 and serve as their surrogate on other issues, concluded a separate analysis by the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, a Washington-based think tank. Lobbyists representing Russian clients reported receiving more than $8.4 million since the start of 2020 to advocate for Nord Stream 2, according to an analysis by OpenSecrets, a nonprofit group that tracks data on campaign finance and lobbying. policy on Nord Stream 2, the completed but not-yet-operational pipeline that runs from Russia to Germany. Russian and Ukrainian interests have spent millions of dollars on lobbyists over the past two years to try to influence U.S. WASHINGTON – A gas pipeline that has become a pivotal part of the U.S.’s public strategy to stop Russia from invading Ukraine is also the focus of a fierce behind-the-scenes lobbying war in Washington. COLTS is a registered trademark of the Indianapolis Colts LLC.Watch Video: Biden: No Nord Stream 2 pipeline if Russia invades This site is neither endorsed, nor sponsored by, nor affiliated with Indianapolis Colts or NFL Properties LLC. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy.
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