In U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project Emerges NYT - Top Stories By: Anton Troianovski and Eric Lipton 24 October 2026 at 14:20 Interviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine. © Daniel Acker/BloombergOil drilling rigs in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. The Polar LNG plan called for the company to tap into the giant load of natural gas available in the state’s northern reaches.