Ukraine to review Biden cases

Ukraine’s top prosecutor said yesterday his office is reviewing several cases related to the owner of a gas company where the son of former Vice President Joe Biden sat on the board, but added he wasn’t aware of any evidence of wrongdoing by either Biden.

The move by Prosecutor General Ruslan Ryaboshapka was seen by political analysts in Kyiv not as a new investigation to dig up dirt on the Bidens but rather an attempt to stay in the good graces of the White House at a time when Ukraine needs Western help to deal with an uprising by pro-Russia separatists.

Ryaboshapka told reporters his office was “auditing” relevant cases that were closed, dismissed or put on hold by his predecessors.

Several of the cases under audit are related to Mykola Zlochevsky, owner of the gas company Burisma that hired Hunter Biden in 2014, the same time his father was leading the Obama administration’s diplomatic dealings with Ukraine.