Release the Fracken: Biden's Son Joins Ukraine Gas Firm

[JackRiddler]

Source: Burisma Holdings (company press release)

Hunter Biden joins the team of Burisma Holdings

Burisma Holdings, Ukraine’s largest private gas producer, has expanded its Board of Directors by bringing on Mr. R Hunter Biden as a new director.


R. Hunter Biden will be in charge of the Holdings’ legal unit and will provide support for the Company among international organizations. On his new appointment, he commented: “Burisma’s track record of innovations and industry leadership in the field of natural gas means that it can be a strong driver of a strong economy in Ukraine. As a new member of the Board, I believe that my assistance in consulting the Company on matters of transparency, corporate governance and responsibility, international expansion and other priorities will contribute to the economy and benefit the people of Ukraine.”

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Burisma Holdings, Mr. Alan Apter, noted: “The company’s strategy is aimed at the strongest concentration of professional staff and the introduction of best corporate practices, and we’re delighted that Mr. Biden is joining us to help us achieve these goals.”

R. Hunter Biden is a counsel to Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, a national law firm based in New York, USA, which served in cases including “Bush vs. Gore”, and “U.S. vs. Microsoft”. He is one of the co-founders and a managing partner of the investment advisory company Rosemont Seneca Partners, as well as chairman of the board of Rosemont Seneca Advisors. He is an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University’s Masters Program in the School of Foreign Service. Mr. Biden has experience in public service and foreign policy. He is a director for the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, The Center for National Policy, and the Chairman’s Advisory Board for the National Democratic Institute. Having served as a Senior Vice President at MBNA bank, former U.S. President Bill Clinton appointed him an Executive Director of E-Commerce Policy Coordination under Secretary of Commerce William Daley. Mr. Biden served as Honorary Co-Chair of the 2008 Obama-Biden Inaugural Committee.

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Read more: http://burisma.com/hunter-biden-joins-the-team-of-burisma-holdings/

The Burisma press page also links to this NYT article from April:

Biden Offers Strong Support to Ukraine and Issues a Sharp Rebuke to Russia
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/23/world/europe/biden-ukraine.html?_r=2

Now imagine if the elected government of Ukraine had been overthrown and the interim prime minister was not only the former central banker but openly "partners" with a Russian oligarch, the Russian Foreign Ministry, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and a couple of FSB fronts (as former central banker Yatsenyuk is partners with the State Department, NATO and a Ukrainian oligarch). And imagine this character had no problem having neo-Nazis in his cabinet at the power positions, and imposed a crushing austerity program on the people dictated by the EU and the IMF, and deputized Nazis to go crush protests in an ethnically different part of his country.

And imagine if soon after Putin's nephew got a new executive position with the country's largest gas producer.

Oh the outrage on this board!

But this is okay, because, democraticrevolution, Americagood, Putinhitlerbad, newcoldwarnecessary, pussyriotsexy, done.

[Electric Monk]

1. Already posted. 19 recs and counting

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4948091

and a few of the usual suspects pooh-poohing it

[JackRiddler]

2. Well, that one started poorly...

And predictably, because he cited from Zero Hedge even though ZH merely cited (word for word) from Burisma. So you've got all these junk postings complaining about Zero Hedge and trying to deny the obvious as if it were a hoax story.

[Electric Monk]

3. True enough. Might as well give it a second try. (k&r)

[JackRiddler]

4. morning to the big global frack!

[cali]

5. ugh. frankly, I think this is shameful.

[JackRiddler]

6. Obviously not interested in appearances.

One can try excuses for the U.S. foreign policy makers, say they weren't involved at all in what happened, etc., but they don't help with this kind of stuff, no?

[JackRiddler]

7. The Kiev side also doesn't care to hide what's happening.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024946300