Biden-Ukraine Scandal: A Timeline of Democratic Corruption and International Intrigue Biden-Ukraine Scandal: A Timeline of Democratic Corruption and International Intrigue Oct 4, 2019 westernfreepress article https://westernfreepress.com/biden-ukraine-scandal-a-timeline-of-democratic-corruption-and-international-intrigue/ The information stemming from the whistleblower report and subsequent impeachment inquiry is coming out at breakneck pace. The following is a timeline of events intended to help the American people form their own judgement on these matters of vital national importance. In the course of compiling a timeline of Hunter and Joe Biden’s Ukraine activities and the whistleblower complaint, other key parties with conflicts of interests emerged beyond the much-discussed Biden-Burisma-Ukraine connection. For this reason the timeline incorporates some significant dates reflecting these wider associations, discussed below the timeline. [Related: A Closer Look at Crowdstrike and the Ukraine Election Interference Theory] 2002 – Zlochevsky founds Burisma Holdings. 2003-2005 – Zlochevsky serves as chairman of Ukraine’s State Committee on Natural Resources, which oversaw allocation of gas licenses [WSJ] 2006 – Zlochevsky’s Bursima starts gas production in Ukraine. 2010-2012 – Zlochevsky serves as Ecology and Natural Resources Minister, again overseeing allocation of gas licenses; Burisma’s main subsidiaries “received all their exploration permits for fresh fields during his two stints in the top posts, excluding extensions on existing fields. Those exploration licenses were awarded without public auctions” [WSJ]; Zlochevsky’s involvement in Burisma was not revealed to the public until after he stepped down from this post. [Breitbart] 2011 – Dmitri Alperovich (Russian-born Atlantic Council Senior Fellow, son of Michael Alperovich) and George Kurtz co-found Crowdstrike February 22, 2014 – President Yanucovych deposed by parliament, flees to Russia Zlochevsky also flees Ukraine February 27, 2014: U.S.-backed Yatsenuk installed as PM March 17, 2014 – Russia invades Crimean peninsula – annexes portion of Ukraine and regains access to deep water port in Black Sea with access to Mediterranean. Joe Biden appointed to oversee Ukraine after Russia seizes Crimea [The Hill] Early April 2014 – UK seizes $23 million in Bursima assets on money laundering charge when Burisma attempts to move the money to Cyprus. Early April 2014 – Devon Archer (Yale roomate and business partner to Hunter Biden) meets with Joe Biden in White House one week before Archer joins board of Burisma. [The Hill] April 18, 2014 – Hunter Biden appointed to board of directors of Burisma. Hunter and Archer receive payments Spring 2014-Fall 2015, totaling $3.1 million over 14 months, split between the two, with Hunter receiving $83K/month. [For background on Hunter’s other business dealings, including his lucrative China dealings while his father was in office and overseeing Chinese affairs, see Jim Geraghty’s comprehensive National Review timeline.] April 22, 2014 – Biden travels to Ukraine and offers $50 million aid to Yatsenuk’s new government Spring 2014 – Ukraine prosecutor Shokin opens investigation into Zlochevsky/Bursima at the request of UK; WSJ reports Zlochevsky was under investigation in a Ukrainian unlawful-enrichment probe and a separate Ukrainian into alleged abuse of power, forgery and embezzlement January 2015 – UK closes Burisma investigation when Ukraine failed to produce requested documents by deadline; Ukraine’s Burisma investigation continues. July 13, 2015 – Crowdstrike announces major investment by Google Capital (Google was the largest corporate donor to the Clinton campaign. Google Capital is owned by Alphabet, whose CEO Eric Schmitds strongly supported the Clinton campaign.) Other investors include Warburg Pincus, whose president, Timothy Geithner, worked for the Clinton and Obama administrations. [Washington Times] August 2015 – Joe Biden polling high for 2016 presidential election Fall 2015 – Hunter Biden stops receiving Burisma payments October 2015 – Biden drops out of 2016 race [allegations are that the NY Times had begun investigating the Biden-Ukraine scandal by this time] December 7, 2015 – Wall Street Journal publishes Biden exposé, “Ukrainians See Conflict in Biden’s Anticorruption Message” December 9, 2015 – NY Times publishes Biden exposé, “Joe Biden, His Son and the Case Against a Ukrainian Oligarch” February 2015 – Shokin returns to Ukraine prosecutor’s position March 2016 – Just days before the Shokin firing, BlueStar Strategies rep. Sally Painter met with Ukraine embassy official in D.C. to seek a meeting with the prosecutor’s office around the time of Joe’s upcoming visit, and was told to wait until the following week. Burisma’s accounting records show payments to BlueStar. [The Hill] March 29, 2016 – The day Shokin’s firing is announced, Burisma’s legal defense rep. John Buretta (former U.S. Assistant Attorney General under Holder) calls to ask to speak to interim prosecutor Sevruk, but was denied according to Ukraine prosecutor’s memo. April 6, 2016 – 2 BlueStar reps.  Sally Painter and Karen Tramontano (formerly with the Clinton administration) and Burisma legal defense Buretta obtain meeting with interim Ukraine prosecutor Sevruk. They apologize “for the dissemination of false information by U.S. representatives and public figures on the activities of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine in regards to the investigation of criminal activities of Zlochevsky” and offer to set up DC meeting for new Ukraine prosecutor. [Ukraine prosecutor Sevruk’s memo] New Ukraine prosecutor Lutsenko scales back Burisma investigation to tax evasion. Summer 2016 – DNC hires Crowdstrike to investigate server breech; Crowdstrike identifies Russia as perpetrator. The DNC paid Crowdstrike more than $400,000 during 2016. [Washington Times] November 2016 – Trump wins presidential election January 2017 – Joe Biden visits Ukraine 10 days before Trump takes office. January 2017 – Burisma investigation resolved in Ukraine days before Trump’s inauguration, and just after Burisma pays UAH 180 million (a few million U.S.$) back taxes [critics suggest this was a payoff to close the case] January 2017 – Burisma signs cooperative agreement with Atlantic Council to sponsor their Eurasia Center [Kyiv Post] Crowdstrike cofounder Dmitri Alperovich is a senior fellow with Atlantic Council. The Atlantic Council is hawkish on Russia. In addition to funding from Burisma, it receives funding from the George Soros Open Society Foundation and Ukrainian billionaire who also donated millions to the Clinton Foundation, Viktor Pinchuk. [Daily Caller] [ January 2017 - Sept 2019 to be added due to below article length ] As the above information reveals, however, not only is Crowdstrike’s cofounder Russian-born and therefore biased in regards to relations between Russia, Ukraine and America, but Crowdstrike has deep connections with the Democratic Party, and with the Atlantic Council, a think tank which holds a strong anti-Russia bias and is funded by Ukraine’s Burisma and Ukraine billionaire oligarch Viktor PInchuk. Crowdstrike’s own report on hacking in the Ukraine, which it used to bolster its claim that Russia hacked the DNC, was ultimately debunked. Undoubtedly Joe Biden’s Ukraine activities should be investigated, but the whistleblower report has blown open much wider scandals involving Crowdstrike’s unique influence in American politics and the Deep State machinations to overthrow a duly elected president.