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Share this article Share this article HOUSTON, Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- American Resources, Inc., and SK Energy LLC, the investment vehicle of Dr. Simon Kukes, one of the largest shareholders of Ring Energy, Inc. (NYSE: REI), announced today that they believe that the slate of Directors that are listed in the proxy mailed out by the company do not represent the best interests of all shareholders. As a result of this, they urge all shareholders to withhold votes on all Directors. Frequentl...

Company which sued tnk and kukes after tnk tried to engineer a hostile takeover of its russian subsidiary. >> when i say hostile takeover, i actually mean a hostile takeover with machine guns, with kalashnikovs. >> so much for winner rules and standards. >> simon was there with the guys with the machine guns. and canadian workers, a number of whom i have spoken to said they were given the opportunity to stay there and to report to kukes under his control or that they could leave. >> markss lawsu...

Thats when the funds -- the tap is opened? >> absolutely. and thats why its so suspicious. the big question is was this orchestrated to essentially act as a loop hole to get money legally into the campaign. >> if it was orchestrated or done at the behest of a foreign power, would it be then illegal? >> yes. >> simon or simeon kukes was born in russia to jewish parents in 1946. he worked hard in school and earned a ph.d. in chemistry from this prestigious institute in moscow. but once kukes gradu...

Did attend the trump fund-raisers and vetted by the secret service. a spokesperson for the trump campaign told us simon kukes never had a role there. the person he was exchanged e-mails with, he didnt respond at all. so, how significant is what we uncovered? waiting to help us figure that out is david corn from mother jones. well be right back. man: toms my best friend, but ever since he bought a new house... tom: its a $10 cover? oh, okay. didnt see that on the website. hes been acting more a...

Russian roulette, the inside story of putins war on america and the election of donald trump. the book connected a lot of dots and predicted a lot of what weve seen in the mueller indictments. david, thank you so much for being with us. >> good to be with you. congratulations on a great spot you just did. >> well, im very happy to hear you say that because im curious to hear your thoughts. what do you think about what we uncovered about simon kukes? >> well, you know, thats just another piece in...

Get together for a few vodka shots. >> it seems more conspiratorial to you? >> it seems much more conspiratorial to me. the whole tone of the e-mail sz conspiratorial. >> do you think that these donations were part of a russian campaign to influence the election and help president trump? >> absolutely. after reading this e-mail exchange, i have nary a doubt. >> we wanted to ask simon kukes about his background and this mysterious e-mail exchange. why was he offering political briefings to a russ...

Good. the most respected mayor, rudy giuliani. >> that made my blood run cold because there is so little said and yet so much conveyed. >> what is conveyed? >> to me whats conveyed is, i was with donald trump. we have a plan in action and its going to work. this guy is going to win. our guy is going to win. >> why send the photo? >> the photo is basically what we might call bona fides. its proof that, okay, i really can produce what im saying i can produce. here i am with giuliani. >> we talked ...

In conjunction with the guardian newspaper. in politics, money buys access. and simon kukis got his moneys worth. the russian-born american businessman donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to donald trumps 2016 run. that got him and his young russian girlfriend right up close to the future president. in political circles, no one had ever heard of simon kukes before. >> hes an american citizen and hes never given a political contribution. >> robert meyer works at the center for wisconsin po...

Significant. i liked how the cia expert said it seemed like there was something going on in these communication ands there was something veiled going on. i mean, this is exactly the type of stuff that you have a special counsel to investigate. you know, you call people in, you try to find other e-mails if these e-mails exist. there might be other e-mails out there in the same chain or that go later or earlier, and these are things that you can bear down on depending how far robert mueller wants ...

Because there is so little said and yet so much conveyed. >> what is conveyed? >> to me whats conveyed is, i was with donald trump. we have a plan in action and its going to work. this guy is going to win. our guy is going to win. >> why send the photo? >> the photo is basically what we might call bona fides. its proof that, okay, i really can produce what im saying i can produce. here i am with giuliani. >> we talked to giuliani. he told us he doesnt remember meeting simon kukes. we looked at t...