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==Background==

==Background==

[[File:Biden-Burisma.jpeg|left|400px|thumb|The Biden-Burisma connections.<ref>https://www.trevorloudon.com/2020/10/bidens-new-super-pac-is-a-foreign-government-agent/</ref>]]

[[File:Biden-Burisma.jpeg|right|400px|thumb|The Biden-Burisma connections.<ref>https://www.trevorloudon.com/2020/10/bidens-new-super-pac-is-a-foreign-government-agent/</ref>]]

Burisma Group was founded in 2002 by Ukrainian businessman [[Nikolai Zlochevsky]] (also known as [[Mykola Zlochevsky]]), the former Minister of Ecology for Ukraine, and Nikolay Lysin. Now it is owned solely by Nikolai Zlochevsky. As Ecology Minister, Zlochevsky issued a “special permit for the extraction of a third of the gas produced in Ukraine” to his own company, Burisma.<ref>http://frontnews.eu/news/en/4052/The-General-Prosecutors-seat-at-the-price-of-1-billion-Shokins-replacement</ref>   

Burisma Group was founded in 2002 by Ukrainian businessman [[Nikolai Zlochevsky]] (also known as [[Mykola Zlochevsky]]), the former Minister of Ecology for Ukraine, and Nikolay Lysin. Now it is owned solely by Nikolai Zlochevsky. As Ecology Minister, Zlochevsky issued a “special permit for the extraction of a third of the gas produced in Ukraine” to his own company, Burisma.<ref>http://frontnews.eu/news/en/4052/The-General-Prosecutors-seat-at-the-price-of-1-billion-Shokins-replacement</ref>   

According to the [[Soros]] [[NGO]] “Anti Corruption Action Center” in [[Kyiv]], Zlochevsky owns 38 permits held by 14 different companies—with Burisma accounting for the majority with 33 of the permits. Zlochevsky left Ukraine after former Ukrainian president [[Viktor Yanukovych]] fled to [[Russia]] during the 2014 [[Ukrainian coup]]. Vice President [[Joe Biden]] managed US-Ukraine relations for the [[Obama administration]]. Biden traveled to Ukraine 17 times during his tenure as vice president. Biden steered $1.8 billion in aid to the Ukrainian government.  

According to the [[Soros]] [[NGO]] “Anti Corruption Action Center” in [[Kyiv]], Zlochevsky owns 38 permits held by 14 different companies—with Burisma accounting for the majority with 33 of the permits. Zlochevsky left Ukraine after former Ukrainian president [[Viktor Yanukovych]] fled to [[Russia]] during the 2014 [[Ukrainian coup]]. Vice President [[Joe Biden]] managed US-Ukraine relations for the [[Obama administration]]. Biden traveled to Ukraine 17 times during his tenure as vice president. Biden steered $1.8 billion in aid to the Ukrainian government.  

[[File:Devon Archer (far left) is pictured with Joe and Hunter Biden. (Screenshot from Twitter).jpeg|right|250px|thumb|Devon Archer (far left) is pictured with Joe and Hunter Biden. (Screenshot from Twitter)<ref>https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/oct/03/who-devon-archer-ukrainian-gas-executive-playing-g/</ref>]]

[[File:Devon Archer (far left) is pictured with Joe and Hunter Biden. (Screenshot from Twitter).jpeg|left|250px|thumb|Devon Archer (far left) is pictured with Joe and Hunter Biden. (Screenshot from Twitter)<ref>https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/oct/03/who-devon-archer-ukrainian-gas-executive-playing-g/</ref>]]

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,  former Ukrainian Ecology Minister Nikolai Zlochevsky (also known as Mykola 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,  former Ukrainian Ecology Minister Nikolai Zlochevsky (also known as Mykola 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.