How did Hunter Biden have detailed intelligence on Russian oligarchs he tried to sell?

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Art of the Deal: Feds Issue Subpoenas to US Auction Houses as Part of Investigation Into Oligarchs​

By Susie Moore | 10:00 AM on February 14, 2023

Art of the Deal: Feds Issue Subpoenas to US Auction Houses as Part of Investigation Into Oligarchs

On February 1st, Ukrainian officials executed a raid on the home of oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky, purportedly as part of an effort to tackle corruption ahead of the E.U. Summit. As we reported, the timing of the raid was interesting, particularly given Kolomoisky’s prior support of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his ties to PrivatBank and Burisma. Following the raid, E.U. officials praised Ukrainian efforts to clean up corruption.

There’s an interesting twist and tie-in on the part of the U.S. — a number of U.S. auction houses have been hit with subpoenas as federal officials probe their role in how sanctioned oligarchs — Russians, in particular — may have used art dealing to launder money.

Fascinating, too, that Oleg Deripaska’s name keeps popping up. As we reported in January, Charles McGonigal, the former Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s New York Field Office, was arrested for allegedly taking payments from Deripaska to investigate another Russian oligarch that Deripaska was targeting.

Then, earlier in February, came the report that Hunter Biden purportedly attempted to sell intel on Russian oligarchs, including Deripaska.
The New York Post has the report.
Documents dating back to 2011 on his notorious “laptop from hell” showed Hunter offered to sell intelligence on Russian oligarchs to the US aluminum firm Alcoa Inc. for $55,000, according to The Post’s exclusive October 2021 report.
As his father served as former President Barack Obama’s second-in-command, Hunter Biden offered to provide a “statistical analysis of political and corporate risks, elite networks associated with Oleg Deripaska, the Russian CEO of Basic Element company and United company RUSAL,” which had just signed a metal supply agreement with Alcoa.
Hunter Biden also offered the company a “list of elites of similar rank in Russia, map of [Deripaska’s] networks based on frequency of interaction with selected elites and countries.”
The deeply detailed proposal has come under sharp scrutiny given recent revelations that Hunter Biden had access to the Delaware lake-front home where secret papers from his father’s time as vice president were discovered in a garage, basement and library — combined with Republicans taking control of the House of Representatives.
The obvious question is how Hunter Biden had detailed intelligence on Russian oligarchs, including a map of Oleg Deripaska’s networks.

That’s the kind of thing a normal American would not have, no matter how connected. On the contrary, it’s the kind of information that would take a government intelligence apparatus to produce and that you’d find in classified intelligence briefings.








 
The fact that Hunter tried to sell intel on Russian Oligarchs is the reported story...and how it seems to be tied into these auction houses.

Anything else afterwards is left for speculation ... for now.
 

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