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| | <center>'''Main article:''' '''[[Ukrainian collusion]]'''</center> | | <center>'''Main article:''' '''[[Ukrainian collusion]]'''</center> |
| | ==2014== | | ==2014== |
| | + | ===February 2014=== |
| | + | *'''22 February.''' Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is ousted from power in a U.S. backed [[coup]].<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2014/02/23/neocons-and-the-ukraine-coup/</ref> |
| | + | ===April 2014=== |
| | + | *'''April.''' Investigators in the U.K. open a money laundering and fraud investigation of Mykola Zlochevsky, the owner of Burisma Holdings. |
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| | + | *'''16 April.''' ''[[Forbes]]'' reports Trump-Russia mastermind [[John Brennan]] visits Ukraine.<ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/melikkaylan/2014/04/16/why-cia-director-brennan-visited-kiev-in-ukraine-the-covert-war-has-begun/#248cdd8510cb</ref> |
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| | + | *'''18 April.''' Hunter Biden is hired to the board of Ukraine's largest energy company, Burisma Holdings.<ref>https://archive.is/LqxDr/</ref><ref>http://www.dw.com/en/who-are-hunter-bidens-ukrainian-bosses/a-17642254</ref><ref>https://archive.is/Aza4U</ref><ref>https://archive.is/IDha1</ref> It is owned by oligarch Mykola Zlochevsky, one of several subjects of the Ukrainian corruption probe. |
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| | + | *'''22 April.''' Vice President Joe Biden traveled to Ukraine,<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/joe-biden-obama-officials-influenced-ukraine-to-advance-own-interests_2896259.html</ref> offering his political support and $50 million in aid for the new shaky government.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/23/world/europe/biden-ukraine.html</ref> |
| | + | ===May 2014=== |
| | + | *'''2 May.''' '''Odessa Trade Unions House massacre'''. Between 42 and 116 Russians and Ukrainians, including a pregnant woman, burnt alive by fascist supporters of the new regime.<ref>http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/05/videos-photos-odessan-massacre-done.html</ref><ref>http://2maygroup.blogspot.de/2016/01/chronology-of-events-may-2-2014-in.html</ref> Western fake news downplays the incident and low-balls the number of deaths. |
| | ===June 2014=== | | ===June 2014=== |
| | *'''6 June.''' Joe Biden visits Ukraine. | | *'''6 June.''' Joe Biden visits Ukraine. |
| | + | ===August 2014=== |
| | + | *'''August.''' Ukraine’s Prosecutor General, Vitaly Yarema, opens an investigation of Zlochevsky. A lawyer for Burisma claims that an investigation was closed in September 2016. |
| | ===November 2014=== | | ===November 2014=== |
| | *'''21-22 November.''' Joe Biden visits Ukraine. | | *'''21-22 November.''' Joe Biden visits Ukraine. |