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Between 2010 and 2012, Rosatom reported in its annual reports that it had scored more than $10 billion in new uranium sales agreements with U.S firms during the Russian Reset.
Between 2010 and 2012, Rosatom reported in its annual reports that it had scored more than $10 billion in new uranium sales agreements with U.S firms during the Russian Reset.
==Mifsud, Guistra and Kazakhstan==
Bill Clinton helped his Canadian billionaire friend, Frank Giustra, obtain uranium-mining rights from [[Kazakhstan]]'s dictator, Nursultan Nazarbayev. On September 6, 2005 the two flew aboard Giustra's private jet to Almaty, [[Kazakhstan]], where they dined Nazarbayev. Clinton expressed support for Nazarbayev's bid to head the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) - an international elections monitoring group and supports [[democracy]] that would confer legitimacy on Nazarbayev corrupt regime.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/31/us/politics/31donor.html</ref> [[Joseph Mifsud]] served as an election watcher. Clinton's public endorsement undercut [[Bush administration]] policy critical of Kazakhstan's poor [[human rights]] record. Even then Sen. Hillary Clinton was publicly critical of Nazarbayev's poor human rights record.<ref>Eleven months before Mr. Clinton's statement, Mrs. Clinton co-signed a commission letter to the State Department that sounded "alarm bells" about the prospect that Kazakhstan might head the group. The letter stated that Kazakhstan's bid "would not be acceptable," citing "serious corruption," canceled elections and government control of the news media. Robert Herman, who worked for the State Department in the Clinton administration and is now at Freedom House, a human rights group, said the former president's statement amounted to an endorsement of Kazakhstan's readiness to lead the group, a position he called "patently absurd."
"He was either going off his brief or he was sadly mistaken," Mr. Herman said. "There was nothing in the record to suggest that they really wanted to move forward on democratic reform."
Indeed, in December 2005, Mr. Nazarbayev won another election, which the security organization itself said was marred by an "atmosphere of intimidation" and "ballot-box stuffing."
After Mr. Nazarbayev won with 91 percent of the vote, Mr. Clinton sent his congratulations. "Recognizing that your work has received an excellent grade is one of the most important rewards in life," Mr. Clinton wrote in a letter released by the Kazakh embassy. Last September, just weeks after Kazakhstan held an election that once again failed to meet international standards, Mr. Clinton honored Mr. Nazarbayev by inviting him to his annual philanthropic conference.</ref> As of 2015, Kazakhstan has never held an election meeting international standards. Mifsud however certified that the elections met all the norms and standards of the [[European Union]].<ref>https://www.inform.kz/en/elections-in-kazakhstan-meet-all-eu-standards-joseph-mifsud_a2769945</ref>
===APCO Worldwide===
===APCO Worldwide===