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===Burisma oil and gas===

===Burisma oil and gas===

In the spring of 2014, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office opened an investigation at the behest of the [[UK]] prosecutors office, which was investigating [[money laundering]] allegations against its owner, Nikolai Zlochevsky and had just frozen $23.5 million in assets allegedly belonging to him in early April 2014. On April 18, 2014 Biden's son, [[Hunter Biden]] was appointed to the board of directors of [[Burisma]]. According to ''The Hill'' Biden’s firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners, was receiving regular payments—“usually more than $166,000 a month”—from Burisma. The payments ran from the spring of 2014 through the fall of 2015 and reportedly totaled more than $3 million.

In the spring of 2014, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office opened an investigation at the behest of the [[UK]] prosecutors office, which was investigating [[money laundering]] allegations against its owner, Nikolai Zlochevsky and had just frozen $23.5 million in assets allegedly belonging to him in early April 2014. On April 18, 2014 Biden's son, [[Hunter Biden]] was appointed to the board of directors of [[Burisma]].<ref>https://archive.is/2XBHh</ref> According to ''The Hill'' Biden’s firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners, was receiving regular payments—“usually more than $166,000 a month”—from Burisma. The payments ran from the spring of 2014 through the fall of 2015 and reportedly totaled more than $3 million.

Ukrainian prosecutors in the new regime installed by [[Victoria Nuland]]<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL_GShyGv3o</ref> refused to provide the UK with needed documents and in January 2015 a British court ordered the assets unfrozen. This action was pointedly called out in a speech by U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt, who stated “In the case of former Ecology Minister Mykola Zlochevsky, the U.K. authorities had seized $23 million in illicit assets that belonged to the Ukrainian people.” Instead of receiving cooperation from Ukrainian prosecutors, they “sent letters to Zlochevsky’s attorneys attesting that there was no case against him. As a result, the money was freed by the U.K. court, and shortly thereafter the money was moved to Cyprus.”

Ukrainian prosecutors in the new regime installed by [[Victoria Nuland]]<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL_GShyGv3o</ref> refused to provide the UK with needed documents and in January 2015 a British court ordered the assets unfrozen. This action was pointedly called out in a speech by U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt, who stated “In the case of former Ecology Minister Mykola Zlochevsky, the U.K. authorities had seized $23 million in illicit assets that belonged to the Ukrainian people.” Instead of receiving cooperation from Ukrainian prosecutors, they “sent letters to Zlochevsky’s attorneys attesting that there was no case against him. As a result, the money was freed by the U.K. court, and shortly thereafter the money was moved to Cyprus.”