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Ultra Sonic 007: [Burisma is a private Ukrainian company headquartered in Kiev and owned by a Ukrainian oligarch.

What does Putin have to do with it?]

In 2014, the Ukrainian parliament impeached Viktor Yanukovich for attempting to make himself dictator and for massacring the demonstrators at Maidan Square. Zlochevsky, Burisma’s owner, served in Yanukovich’s cabinet. When Yanukovich fled Ukraine to rendezvous with his master Putin in Moscow, Zlochevsky also ran.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mykola_Zlochevsky

Note that Yanukovich and Zlochevsky were in a pro-Russian administration, which is to say they wanted Ukraine to be a Russian province. Even assuming Zlochevsky was acting in his own capacity rather than as a cutout for Putin, the reason he paid Biden was to assist Russia in its quest to conquer Ukraine, not help Ukraine remain independent.

Your own cited article mentions plenty of corruption and potential implications of graft from a phone call involving President Poroshenko, but very little in terms of Russia.

If he was as close with Putin as you imply, why did he reportedly seek out Cypriot citizenship or seek residence in Monacco instead of going to somewhere in Russia?

Even assuming Zlochevsky was acting in his own capacity rather than as a cutout for Putin, the reason he paid Biden was to assist Russia in its quest to conquer Ukraine, not help Ukraine remain independent.

Got any evidence to support this assertion of yours? Especially the bit about how Biden specifically worked with Burisma to help Russia conquer Ukraine (as compared to plain corruption and influence peddling)?