[[File:96% of Burisma's production comes from Dniepr-Donets Basin.PNG|right|300px|thumb|The heart of Burisma Holdings' Yuzov field in the Dniepr-Dontes Basin.<ref>[https://youtu.be/IFk5wgMl2k8 BURISMA GROUP VIDEO 2018], BURISMA GROUP, Oct 4, 2018. YouTube.</ref>]]
On 18 April 2014, [[Hunter Biden]], the son of then-[[Vice President]] [[Joe Biden]], who managed US-Ukraine relations for the [[Obama administration]], was appointed to the board of Burisma Holdings. In February 2016, [[Joseph Cofer Black]], the Director of the CIA's Counterterrorist Center (CTC) (1999-2002) in the [[George W. Bush]] administration and Ambassador at Large for counter-terrorism (2002-2004) joined Burisma's board of directors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/former-cia-director-joins-burisma-and-it-is-good-news_b_58adf600e4b01f4ab51c75a4|title=Former CIA Director Joins Burisma, and It Is Good News|last=Nwazor|first=Toby|last2=Coach|first2=ContributorSuccess|date=2017-02-22|website=HuffPost|language=en|access-date=2019-04-17|last3=Consultant|first3=Business Development|last4=Speaker|first4=Motivational|last5=Writer}}</ref> Before joining the board of Burisma, [[Cofer Black]] held a spot on the board of a [[Latvia]]n Bank.<ref>https://view.news.eu.nasdaq.com/view?id=b98410a9fc50a7c5dd2dba804ab5330dd&lang=en</ref><ref>https://www.bib.eu/uploads/content/1/2/8/2/8/ec34c5f5/Joseph-Cofer-Black_Delfi_EN.pdf</ref>
Prosecutor General of Ukraine [[Viktor Shokin]] initiated a [[corruption]] investigation against Burisma Holdings in 2016, but Sholin was dismissed due to Jor Biden’s pressure on then-President of Ukraine [[Petro Poroshenko]]. Shokin had evidence of [[money laundering]] by Burisma Holdings, and Biden threatened to delay sending $1 billion in aid to Ukraine.
It was established that the funds received through commercial organizations, in particular, the oil and gas company [[Burisma Holdings]], operating on the territory of Ukraine, have been used in recent years to carry out terrorist acts in the [[Russian Federation]], as well as abroad, in order to eliminate prominent political and public figures and cause economic damage.