Ukraine: US$6M bribe to close case against gas head

Ukraine Corruption

Story No.: 4273825 Duration:00:01:31:00

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS Dateline: 13 June 2020 - Kyiv

Date: 06/13/2020 12:15 PM Kyiv – 13 June 2020

1. Wide of US$6 million bribe put on the table during press conference

2. Close of money in packs

3. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Nazar Kholodnytsky, Head of Specialised Anti-Corruption

Prosecution:

"Biden junior and Biden senior are not in this concrete case."

4. Wide of media

5. Wide of Nazar Kholodnytsky and Head of NABU Artem Sytnyk

6. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Nazar Kholodnytsky, Head of Specialised Anti-Corruption

Prosecution:
"Thanks to the strong stand taken by our officials, we received information that certain
individuals wanted to close the criminal case (against Burisma head Mykola Zlochevsky) for a
bribe. The bribe is six million US dollars. Five million were to be given to the official for closing
the case (Nazar Kholodnytsky) and one million for so-called 'consultation services'."

7. Close of money

8. Wide of money in the plastic bag

9. Wide of money being removed from table

Storyline

Ukrainian authorities say they have intercepted a US$6 million bribe attempt aimed at dropping a
criminal investigation against the head of a natural gas company where former US Vice
President Joe Biden's son once held a board seat.

At a Saturday news conference, where the alleged cash bribe was displayed in plastic bags,
Ukraine's anti-corruption prosecutor Nazar Kholodnitsky said neither of the Bidens was
connected to the bribe attempt.

Kholodnitsky and the head of the national anti-corruption bureau Artem Sytnik said the bribe
was intended to encourage their offices to close down an investigation by Mykola Zlochevsky,
the head of the Burisma natural gas company and a former minister of ecology.

Zlochevsky is suspected of using his ministerial position to enrich his gas company.

Burisma, one of the country's largest private gas producers, has been at the center of politically
tinged allegations in the United States, where Joe Biden is the main challenger to President
Donald Trump in this year's election.

Biden's son Hunter joined the Burisma board in 2014, when his father was still vice president
and the main figure of US relations with Ukraine. He left the board in 2018.

Last year, Trump pressured new Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to to investigate the
Bidens in a phone call that triggered his impeachment.

Former Ukrainian prosecutor-general Viktor Shokin has alleged he was pushed out by pressure
from Biden, by delaying a US$1 billion loan to the country, in order to halt an investigation into
the son's role at Burisma.

But Biden says he pushed for Shokin's dismissal to encourage Ukraine's anti-corruption efforts.

Three people, including a high-ranking tax service official, have been detained in connection
with the attempted bribe.
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People: Joe Biden , Donald Trump
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