Thread by @codyave

"Between 2003 or 2004 and 2007, Carter Page lived and worked in Moscow. Page worked for Merrill Lynch at the time, and told the Committee that his primary client was the Russian state-owned energy firm Gazprom."

intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/…

"Page's primary point of contact at Gazprom was an executive named Sergei Yatsenko, who Page described as 'a pretty well-connected guy.' Yatsenko later served on the board of Page's company, Global Energy Capital."

"An interesting detail is found buried in a Russian public disclosure filed by Gazprom: Yatsenko graduated in 1984 from Singapore University with a degree in Chinese language"

trump-russia.com/2019/09/09/who…

"Yatsenko's education in Singapore leaps off the page"

"Studying abroad didn't just happen for Soviet students the way it does in the West"

"Posing as a student was a cover employed by agents of the KGB"

"Gazprom was heavily recruiting ex-spies when Yatsenko joined in 2002"

"The mystery then is what drew Yatsenko into business with a nobody [like Carter Page]"

"Could their relationship have something to do with the fact Page had attracted the attention from Russian spies like Alexander Bulatov in 2008 and Victor Podobnyy in 2013?"

"Yatsenko did not know Bulatov or Podobnyy"

vault.fbi.gov/special-counse…

Quigley: Who is Victor Podobnyy?

Page: One of my -- I went to a speech at Asia Society in January 2013 on China and energy development in China. He happened to be in the audience, and we, we struck up a conversation"

assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4176…

"On January 18th, 2013, one my firm's international advisory board members invited me to the Asia Society's Symposium on Sino-American energy diplomacy, at which he was presenting"

S: And at the stop in London, you met with a Russian national. Who did you meet with?

P: An international advisory board member of my firm, Mr. Sergey Yatsenko.

P: So what was the purpose of meeting with Mr. Yatsenko?

P: He's an old friend. He's an old friend and a colleague.

"Male-1 stated that he first met VICTOR PODOBNYY, the defendant, in January 2013 at an energy symposium in New York City"

justice.gov/sites/default/…

"The Triangle of Sino-American Energy Diplomacy: A Symposium"

Asia Society Global (18-Jan-2013)

asiasociety.org/texas/events/t…

"I met this junior diplomat, this 20-something year-old guy, and we had a chat at the Asia Society up on Park Avenue here, and we had a chit-chat, you know, no big deal, we exchanged cards, and stayed in touch a little bit"

[Editor's note:

Three suspected Russian agents of influence -- Carter Page, Sergei Yatsenko, and Victor Podobnyy -- all attending a symposium on Chinese energy in January 2013.

A little serendipitous, no?]

"On August 22, 2016, Simpson provided Ohr with the names of three potential intermediaries"

"One of the names was Carter Page's 'business partner' [Yatsenko] who was an alleged Russian intelligence officer and the 'brains' behind Page's company--Global Energy Capital"

"Ohr met Steele in Washington, D.C. in late September 2016"

"During that meeting, Steele advised that...[Sergey Yatsenko] is alleged to be an Intelligence Officer working with Carter Page"

hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…

"Lastly [on October 3, 2016], Steele provided [to the FBI] the name of a Russian national [Yatsenko], who he said may have connections with a Russian energy company, and who Steele claimed may be Carter Page's possible 'handler' for Russian intelligence"

oig.justice.gov/reports/2019/o…

However:

"According to an Assistant Legal Attache (ALAT 2), Steele's allegations about the Russian national were investigated, but no information was uncovered to substantiate the allegations"

N.B. Someone used to have very heated opinions on both Page and Yatsenko

archive.vn/IkVv0
businessinsider.de/ed-baumgartner…

N.B.B. Unfortunately, that person deleted their account a while back

https://twitter.com/codyave/status/1317961459146522624