The investigation relates to possible bribes paid to secure a gas contract in the 1990s . `` The Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission investigated that joint venture extensively and found no suggestion of any impropriety by Dick Cheney in his role of CEO of Halliburton . '' In an interview with Russian state television on Wednesday, Putin said he had no knowledge of any such payments. Dick Cheney 's lawyer has said that former vice president had nothing to do with it .
The investigation relates to possible bribes paid to secure a gas contract in the 1990s . In an interview with Russian state television on Wednesday, Putin said he had no knowledge of any such payments. Dick Cheney 's lawyer has said that former vice president had nothing to do with it .