The United Arab Emirates arranged a secret meeting in January between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a Russian close to President Vladimir Putin as part of an apparent effort to establish a back-channel line of communication between Moscow and President-elect Donald Trump, according to U.S., European and Arab officials.
Trump’s Russia ties
Washington Post: Blackwater founder held secret meeting to establish Trump-Putin back channel
An employee displays traditional Russian wooden nesting dolls, Matryoshka dolls, depicting US President Donald Trump (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a gift shop in central Moscow on Jan. 16.
