Posted on 05/14/2014 11:03:39 AM PDT by wetphoenix
Revelations that Hunter Biden and Aleksander Kwasniewski serve on the board of a company controlled by a Yanukovych ally raise serious conflict of interest questions for Western countries Ukraine policy.
DONETSK, Ukraine U.S. Vice President Joe Bidens youngest son has joined the board of a gas company owned by an ally of Ukraines fugitive ex-president Viktor Yanukovych and a key European interlocutor with Kiev who was previously president of Poland. The move raises questions about a potential conflict of interest for Joe Biden, who was the White Houses main interlocutor with Yanukovych while the latter was president and has since spearheaded Western efforts to wean Ukraine off Russian gas. Company documents in Cyprus show that Joe Bidens son, R. Hunter Biden, became a member of the board of directors of Burisma Holdings, which describes itself as Ukraines largest private natural gas producer, on April 18. Burisma announced Hunter Bidens appointment in a press release Monday on its website which was quickly picked up by Russian state media.
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Hunter Biden
Biden was appointed by Bill Clinton to serve in the United States Department of Commerce under Secretaries Norman Mineta and William M. Daley. He was director of ecommerce policy issues in the Department of Commerce.
On May 16, 2006, Biden was nominated by President George W. Bush (NO MORE BUSH'S!) to the board of directors of Amtrak. He was confirmed unanimously on July 26, 2006 by the United States Senate for a term of five years, and was the vice-chair of the board until January 29, 2009.
Isn’t Graft and Marxism wonderful?
Pray America wakes up
Had ENOUGH Yet ?
The Biden name certainly opens doors to a myriad of opportunities, doesn’t it?
Are his qualifications commensurate with the positions he has held or is the name ‘Biden’ the only prerequisite?
How absolutely selective.
Great, now the old Polish Bolshevik, Kwasniewski is involved.
Yep, Ukrainian ‘democracy’ is safe now /s
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