[zeestephen]

Before I posted those questions, I clicked on every link in the original article, and then clicked on every link in the linked articles.

Nothing.

Kraft went to Russia with a bunch of other businessmen and had a private meeting with Putin.

No explanations. And no name given for the White House call.

My conclusion - either Putin or Bush promised Kraft something, Kraft was disappointed with how things turned out, so Kraft dumped on both Putin and Bush to get even.

By the way - I use a lot of Microsoft products that are very good. But Google is clearly superior to Bing.

[Daffynition]

I just posted the article; which I found curious and amusing. By doing so, that doesn’t mean I know the answers to every intricacy of the document.

Apparently you still didn’t research for the answers for your questions.

For my *bing* search, I used this : 2005 why was robert craft in russia with putin?

I found the answer; but you will have to do your own homework. Tough love.