Lawmakers Cite Evidence Russia ‘Colludes’ With US Green Groups to Block Fracking

Lawmakers Cite Evidence Russia ‘Colludes’ With US Green Groups to Block Fracking:

"In their letter to the treasury secretary, Smith and Weber also say the Russians have been able to advance their strategy without “a paper trail.”

They pass along reports that Russia apparently funnels the money through a Bermuda-based “shell company” known as Klein Ltd.

Tens of millions of dollars are moved from Russia through Klein “in the form of anonymous donations” to a U.S.-based nonprofit called the Sea Change Foundation.

The money, the congressmen write, then is moved in the form of grants to U.S. environmental organizations."