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'''Mykola Zlochevsky''' is the former Ecology Minister of [[Ukraine]] during the term of [[President Viktor Yanukovych]] and founder of [[Burisma Holdings]], Ukraine's largest oil and natural gas company. Zlochevsky and Yanukovych were deposed in the [[Maidan]] [[coup]] of 2014 and went into hiding. Yanukovych and a cabinet officials were accused of looting tens of billions of dollars from the Ukrainian government. Zlochevsky was accused of looting about $5 Billion as Ecology Minister through illegal manipulation of licensing fees.

'''Mykola Zlochevsky''' is the former Ecology Minister of [[Ukraine]] during the term of [[President Viktor Yanukovych]] and founder of [[Burisma Holdings]], Ukraine's largest oil and natural gas company. Zlochevsky and Yanukovych were deposed in the [[Maidan]] [[coup]] of 2014 and went into hiding. Yanukovych and a cabinet officials were accused of looting tens of billions of dollars from the Ukrainian government. Zlochevsky was accused of looting about $5 Billion as Ecology Minister through illegal manipulation of licensing fees.

In April 2014, two months after the Maidan coup, Zlochevsky appointed [[Hunter Biden]] to the board of Burisma. Four days later [[Vice President Joseph Biden]] pledged %50 million of U.S. taxpayer money to aid the new government of Ukraine.  According to ''The Hill'' Hunter 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 April 2014, two months after the Maidan coup, Zlochevsky appointed [[Hunter Biden]] to the board of Burisma.<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>  Four days later [[Vice President Joseph Biden]] pledged %50 million of U.S. taxpayer money to aid the new government of 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> According to ''The Hill'' Hunter 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 Zlochevsky and had frozen $23.5 million in assets allegedly belonging to him in early April 2014. Ukrainian prosecutors 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 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 Zlochevsky and had frozen $23.5 million in assets allegedly belonging to him in early April 2014. Ukrainian prosecutors 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