Russian billionaires who shopped for US property with Hunter Biden and dined with Joe dodge sanctions

NY Post ^ | 3/02/23 | Steven Nelson

[Libloather]

WASHINGTON - Two Russian billionaires who have managed to dodge US sanctions over Moscow’s year-old invasion of Ukraine went property shopping with Hunter Biden, dined with then-Vice President Joe Biden, and discussed “favors” they might swap, sources tell The Post.

New details of Joe and Hunter Biden’s association with Yelena Baturina and Vladimir Yevtushenkov flesh out tantalizing clues from the first son’s abandoned laptop. The sources spoke with The Post this week after the duo was yet again spared a fresh batch of sanctions announced by the Treasury Department Friday.

“I think it’s very fishy,” said one source who had firsthand knowledge of the business relationship between Hunter Biden and Yevtushenkov - who is sanctioned by the UK and Australia but not by the US.

“I think he should be sanctioned,” Michael McFaul, a former US ambassador to Russia under President Barack Obama, told The Post of Yevtushenkov - estimated by Forbes to be worth $1.7 billion. “I don’t understand why he has not been.”

Yevtushenkov, whose Sistema business empire until recently included Russian rocket and radar-maker RTI and drone-maker Kronstadt, admitted last year he met with Hunter Biden for breakfast at the Ritz-Carlton in Manhattan on March 14, 2012 - but denied any further contact.

However, emails and calendar entries from Hunter’s former laptop show that they were set to meet again on Jan. 27, 2013, for dinner at DC’s Cafe Milano before looking at a commercial real estate development the next day near Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia.

**SNIP**

“‘Why are you even doing this? Why would you be paying the son of the vice president to meet at a public restaurant in New York City?’

[Libloather]

Sounds like Brandon got bribed by just about everyone. And Hussein knew all about it.

[OttawaFreeper]

[Chickensoup]

Yep and he will come I as savior running his wife with him as veep.

[Tupelo]

““I think he should be sanctioned, I don’t understand why he has not been.””

I am pretty sure, I understand why Yelena Baturina and Vladimir Yevtushenkov were not sanctioned.
I betcha Mr. McFaul understands also, I betcha.

[trebb]

The corruption shines so bright it’s blinding...

[hardspunned]

I’m so shocked! Next you’ll be telling us that we aren’t killing young Russian and Uke boys for truth, justice and the American Way.

[Zhang Fei]

[Sounds like Brandon got bribed by just about everyone. And Hussein knew all about it.]

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Not everyone. In Europe, just Russians. Even Burisma is owned by a pro-Russian oligarch now in exile. The guy worked for Yanukovich and Azarov, both of whom are in Moscow. These bribes are why Biden has made endless excuses for not shipping tanks, choppers and jet fighters, all of which would fit comfortably in the funds appropriated so far. During Yom Kippur in 73, Nixon stripped several wings to supply Israel with fighter jets - 136 airframes in weeks.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Nickel_Grass
[In the opening days of the war, Arab forces destroyed significant numbers of IAF aircraft, surprising the Israelis with aggressive use of the new Soviet SA-6 Gainful SAMs.[12] Consequently, at least 100 F-4 Phantom II fighters were sent to Israel under Nickel Grass,[13] coming from the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing, the 33d Tactical Fighter Wing and the 57th Fighter Weapons Wing.[14] They were flown to Lod, where American pilots were swapped for their Israeli counterparts. After the replacement of USAF insignia with IAF insignia if needed, the planes were refueled and ordered to the front, often taking to the air within hours of having arrived.]

[Ann Archy]

Is that the woman who gave Hunter $3 MILLION???

[Ann Archy]

HUH?? Ukraine and OTHER European countries were paying THE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY!!

[Vaduz]

Some Mafia members have a shorter rap sheet than Joe Biden it pays to be a D.C. good old boy huh Moe.

[unlearner]

Russia! Russia! Russia!

That’s all the media talked about for years when President Trump was falsely accused of collusion. But when there’s real collusion they are only interested in attacking the accuser.