USA Connections with Ukrainian politics Case study: 2 Burisma Holdings Hunter Biden (USA Vice President’ Joe Biden’s son) Burisma is the largest non-governmental gas producer in Ukraine, April 18, 2014, Burisma Holdings announced Bidens appointment to the board of directors. also named to the board Devon Archer, Hunter Biden’s partner at the US investment firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners, and a manager of the family wealth fund of Secretary of State John Kerry’s wife Theresa Heinz Kerry with these two board appointments in April,2014 Burisma gained the son of the Vice President of the United States and the financial adviser to the family of the Secretary of State Hunter Bidens father Joe Biden traveled to Kiev on April 22, 2014 and urged the Ukraine government ... to reduce its dependence on Russia for supplies of natural gas. And he discussed how the United States could help provide technical expertise for expanding domestic production of natural gas.[30] Some accuse the United States of maneuvering the Ukraine situation so that Western oil companies have unfettered access to shale gas (from fracking) and to drill all across the Ukraine. With the revelations that Hunter Biden serves on the board of the Ukrainian company Burisma, many raised concerns about Hunter Bidens interests conflicting with official US government positions. The White House has dismissed nepotism charges against Bidens son. But the director of the US-Ukraine Business Council Morgan Williams pointed to an American tradition that frowns on close family members of government working for organizations with business links to active politics. Williams stated Biden appears to have violated this unwritten principle: ... when youre trying to keep the political sector separate from the business sector, and reduce corruption, then its not just about holding down corruption, its also the appearance.
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