543 could be arranged.” Page closed the email by criticizing U.S. sanctions on 544 Russia. Grand Jury█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ 545 █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ On March 21, 2016, candidate Trump formally and publicly identified Page as a member of his foreign policy team to advise on Russia and the energy 546 sector. Over the next several months, Page continued providing policy- related work product to Campaign officials. For example, in April 2016, Page provided feedback on an outline for a foreign policy speech that the candidate 547 gave at the Mayflower Hotel, see Volume I, Section IV.A.4, infra. In May 2016, Page prepared an outline of an energy policy speech for the Campaign and then traveled to Bismarck, North Dakota, to watch the candidate deliver the 548 speech. Chief policy advisor Sam Clovis expressed appreciation for Page’s 549 work and praised his work to other Campaign officials. c. Carter Page’s July 2016 Trip To Moscow Page’s affiliation with the Trump Campaign took on a higher profile and drew the attention of Russian officials after the candidate named him a foreign policy advisor. As a result, in late April 2016, Page was invited to give a speech at the July 2016 commencement ceremony at the New Economic School (NES) 550 in Moscow. The NES commencement ceremony generally featured high- profile speakers; for example, President Barack Obama delivered a 551 commencement address at the school in 2009. NES officials told the Office that the interest in inviting Page to speak at NES was based entirely on his status 552 as a Trump Campaign advisor who served as the candidate’s Russia expert. Andrej Krickovic, an associate of Page’s and assistant professor at the Higher School of Economics in Russia, recommended that NES rector Shlomo Weber invite Page to give the commencement address based on his connection to the 553 Trump Campaign. Denis Klimentov, an employee of NES, said that when Russians learned of Page’s involvement in the Trump Campaign in March 2016, 554 the excitement was palpable. Weber recalled that in summer 2016 there was substantial interest in the Trump Campaign in Moscow, and he felt that bringing 555 a member of the Campaign to the school would be beneficial.