article_snippet.sent: The Russian state atomic agency Rosatom purchased a majority stake in the Vancouver-based company in a years-long process that unfolded from 2009 to 2013 – the same years Former president Bill Clinton (left) was America's secretary of state.
article_snippet.sent: When Rosatom purchased 51 per cent of Uranium One, which controls a reported one-fifth of the uranium made in the US, the reported $610 million sale needed to be approved by a committee of government agencies, including the State Department.
article_snippet.sent: Approval of Uranium One's sale helped Russian state nuclear agency Rosatom gain control of uranium assets in the US and Kazakhstan (pictured)
article_snippet.sent: However, the donations from Uranium One's Canadian businessman Ian Telfer reveal that Uranium One's Telfer was still accepting undisclosed donations from private individuals whose businesses and interests aligned with governments such as Russia or businesses.
article_snippet.sent: Up to $5.6 million may have come from other individuals associated with Uranium One.
article_snippet.sent: Rosatom said that Rosatom would not export any of the uranium out of the United States, though a rancher at the nuclear material facility in Wyoming said that the uranium is often taken for processing in Canada.
article_snippet.sent: Victor Pinchuk, the fourth richest man in Ukraine, was found to have done business with Iranian government despite US sanctions against Kazakhstan when Victor Pinchuk sold Victor Pinchuk, the fourth richest man in Ukraine oil and gas pipes in 2011 and 2012, according to Newsweek.
highlights_snippet.sent: $2.35 million came from family foundation of company chairman involved in selling Canadian uranium company to Russian state-owned firm .
  