A terrorism financing case has been opened against top officials of the USA and NATO countries. According to the investigation committee's version, the money was also channeled through the Ukrainian Burisma Holdings, which is linked to Hunter Biden.
The Investigative Committee has opened a case under part 4 of Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (financing of terrorism) against top officials of the United States and
NATO countries, the press service of the agency reported. The maximum penalty under this article is life imprisonment.
"It has been established that the funds received through commercial organizations, in particular the oil and gas company Burisma Holdings, operating in Ukraine, over the past years have been used to carry out terrorist acts in the Russian Federation, as well as outside its borders in order to eliminate prominent political and public figures and cause economic damage," the report said.
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State Duma deputies asked the investigators to conduct a corresponding audit. The Investigative Committee said that it was now checking the sources and further movement of funds "in the amount of several million dollars", the involvement of specific Western officials and organizations and the links of the perpetrators of the terrorist attacks "with foreign supervisors, organizers and sponsors". The ministry did not specify which terrorist attacks were in question.
The largest oil and gas company in Ukraine, Burisma Holdings, is linked to the son of the US leader, Hunter Biden. He was on the board of directors from 2014 to 2019.
Ukraine's Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin initiated a corruption investigation into Burisma Holdings in 2016, but he was forced to resign. Republicans who support Donald Trump believe that this happened because of Biden Sr.'s pressure on then Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. According to the former US president's lawyer Rudolph Giuliani, Shokin had evidence of money laundering by Burisma Holdings. Giuliani also claimed that Biden threatened to delay sending $1 billion in aid to Ukraine.
In 2019, Trump demanded that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky launch an investigation into Biden Jr, The Wall Street Journal wrote. Their phone conversation led to the launch of impeachment proceedings against the American leader. Zelensky then stated the readiness of law enforcement agencies to investigate violations of Ukrainian law, but will not do so on orders from abroad.
In early May 2023, a group of Republican congressmen sent an open letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and
FBI Director Christopher Wray, in which they claimed that the Biden family received at least $20 million from foreign businessmen during his vice presidency under Barack Obama (2009-2017). In September, an impeachment investigation of the current US president was launched. Biden Sr. himself has repeatedly denied the charges against him.
