this one has not been distributed by BuzzFeed, It is based on one source, a senior Russian official who was merely relaying talk circulating in the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs that Kremlin had intervened to block Trump’s initial choice for Secretary of State, Mitt Romney, and asked Trump to appoint someone who would be prepared to lift Ukraine-related sanctions, and who would cooperate on security issues of interest to Russia, such as the conflict in Syria. In mid-Dec 2016, Trump picked Rex Tillerson for the job. www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/12/christopher-steele-the-man-behind-the-trump-dossier The State Dept had been granted $120 M to counter Russian meddling; so far, under Tillerson's leadership, it has spent $0 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/04/...partment-russia-global-engagement-center.html
