The topic of the Biden family’s role in Ukrainian shady business, with potential geopolitical implications is not gone. Far from being a soon-to-be-forgotten election time controversy, the theme remains part of the American political conversation to this day.

For one thing, recently released US Department of Justice (DOJ) documents confirm that the DOJ’s FARA unit forced John Buretta (lawyer of Ukrainian holding company Burisma) to register as “foreign agent” over his lobbying activities, while Hunter Biden, who also arranged meetings with political figures on behalf of Burisma, was not similarly required to register. There have been reports about that since last year. This of course suggests selective enforcement, considering the fact Hunter Biden, at the time, happened to be the son of the US Vice-President (Joe Biden was Barack Obama’s vice), later becoming the son of the President, when Biden took office in 2021.

Albeit overshadowed by the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, the issue of Ukraine obviously remains relevant for Washington, with impacts on budget and strategic interests. US President Donald Trump has just declared that his predecessor, Joe Biden, “emptied out” the “whole country” by giving Ukraine weapons, barely leaving enough for the US. The context is the current American decision to pause the shipment of weapons........

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