Because you haven't yet established that Putin is funnelling payments through Zlochevsky and Burisma for *anything*.
What reason did Zlochevsky have to pay Biden on his own initiative? Burisma’s operations don’t involve anything in the US.
There's a lot of things that don't involve the US that Americans nonetheless get involved with regardless. What interest did America have specifically in getting Victor Shokin fired?
But I can think of a much simpler reason: given that Joe Biden had a major role in America's Ukrainian policy as of 2014 (openly speaking about how "the United States [was] a driving force behind the IMF, working to provide a multi-billion package to help Ukraine address [their] immediate needs", Zlochevsky had a vested interest in getting someone in his corner given the ongoing money laundering investigation against him. Hiring Hunter Biden to the tune of $50K a month so that Hunter could help Burisma with "corporate governance best practices" would be a small price to pay if it meant the corruption investigations against him went nowhere; given that no charges were filed against him in December 2017 (with Zlochevsky returning in February 2018), it must have seemed a worthwhile investment at the start. Only after the Solomyansky District Court overturned the prior decision to close the criminal proceedings against Zlochevsky did he once again flee the country again at some point after June 2018 (allegedly Monaco, according to most reports that I can see).
No need to invoke unsubstantiated data to craft a "Putin controls Burisma" narrative; an explanation can be established already with just the known facts without invoking 'Putin hypotheticals' whatsoever.
Note that Putin paid Hillary $500K through Russian oligarchs, so it’s not like bribing American bigwigs is a foreign concept to him
Yeah, through *Russian* oligarchs. Not Ukrainians.
All of the rest of your post is special pleading: giving reasons as to why, hypothetically, no one has investigated the link between Putin and Burisma, when the only person suggesting that there is in fact a connection is you.
Because if Putin did have the inside link to Burisma that you think he does, then why would GRU have allegedly bothered hacking into Burisma's to get whatever information they had in November 2019?
Ukraine ping
[But I can think of a much simpler reason: given that Joe Biden had a major role in America’s Ukrainian policy as of 2014 (openly speaking about how “the United States [was] a driving force behind the IMF, working to provide a multi-billion package to help Ukraine address [their] immediate needs”, Zlochevsky had a vested interest in getting someone in his corner given the ongoing money laundering investigation against him. Hiring Hunter Biden to the tune of $50K a month so that Hunter could help Burisma with “corporate governance best practices” would be a small price to pay if it meant the corruption investigations against him went nowhere; given that no charges were filed against him in December 2017 (with Zlochevsky returning in February 2018), it must have seemed a worthwhile investment at the start. Only after the Solomyansky District Court overturned the prior decision to close the criminal proceedings against Zlochevsky did he once again flee the country again at some point after June 2018 (allegedly Monaco, according to most reports that I can see).
No need to invoke unsubstantiated data to craft a “Putin controls Burisma” narrative; an explanation can be established already with just the known facts without invoking ‘Putin hypotheticals’ whatsoever. ]
More important, the media doesn’t have the resources to go after this story. Putin has had entire families killed. Putin is a genuine stone killer, not the made-up one some have alleged Hillary to be. What reporter or newsroom editor wants to look over his shoulder for the rest of his life? What leaker does?
Exemplary violence works. Think of Putin as a Mafia don with unlimited resources and reach. And the ability to get his button men out of the country in a diplomatic pouch.