Ukraine energy firm Burisma hires Biden’s son as top lawyer

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WASHINGTON – Vice President Joe Biden’s visit Saturday to support Ukraine’s fragile democracy came soon after his youngest son was hired by a private Ukrainian company that promotes energy independence from Moscow.

Yet that company leases natural gas fields in the breakaway Russian-backed state of Crimea and is owned by a former government minister with ties to Ukraine’s ousted pro-Russian president.

The hiring of Hunter Biden, 44, by Burisma Holdings Limited in April was approved by the company’s owner, a former senior minister and political ally of Viktor Yanukovych, the exiled Ukrainian president. Yanukovych fled to Russia in February after protests erupted over his efforts to establish closer economic ties with Moscow.

Hunter Biden’s employment means he will be working as a director and top lawyer for a Ukrainian energy company during the period when his father and others in the Obama administration attempt to influence the policies of Ukraine’s new government, especially on energy issues...

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2014/jun/08/ukraine-firm-hires-bidens-son-as-top-lawyer/

If Romney had been elected and one of his kids all of a sudden became a director of an energy firm in a country where the US was meddling there would be outrage.

But Joey the Drug Warrior Biden and his kid get a pass.