quid pro quo trump/russia situation happen sooner expect least accord russian officials know give gift use hack propaganda hand election trump build nightmarish team friendly russia friendly fact kremlin pretty openly celebrate trump new gift them.thus far donald fill cabinet brim many pro-russian people stolichnaya stock go roof joke bother google seriously though russia thrill trump selections far.but rex tillerson nomination secretary state guardian note confirm vladimir putin one strategic victors us presidential election wall street journal note friends associate say us citizens close mr putin mr tillerson course tillerson position make ckton money new position guardian point 2011 exxon-rosneft agreement freeze sanction impose russia 2014 follow annexation crimea covert military intervention eastern ukraine exxon mobil estimate sanction cost 1bn tillerson argue strenuously measure lift always encourage people make decisions consider broad collateral damage really harm sanction say shareholders meeting.in june two years sanction impose apparent show support sechin tillerson reportedly turn st petersburg economic summit.if sanction lift arctic project would probably go ahead tillerson retirement fund exxon mobil stock would increase value would likely divest stock time enter office seventh floor state department might hard divorce judgments entirely oil company spend career.tillerson nomination call lot things pro-kremlin russian political commentator sergei markov call kind christmas gift american people russian people especially light artificial cold war start russia country involvement hack donald trump political enemies request less .fyodor lukyanov head council foreign defense policy advise kremlin say tillerson represent profound change u.s. foreign policy stand favor russia heavily mr. tillerson well know important people neither mr. putin others need time learn deal lukyanov say news good possible person position point allow donald trump assume power january 20 electors weight world shoulder december 19 approach nothing allow tyrant instal foreign power take office right thing say feature image via getty images/alexey druzhinin break russian officials celebrate rex tillerson gift trump russia