Biden's corruption led to Ukraine's destruction: fmr. Kiev diplomat

Biden's corruption led to Ukraine's destruction: fmr. Kiev diplomat

From Pushback with Aaron Mate by Pushback with Aaron Maté

July 13, 2023 · 1h 23m

About this episode

Andrii Telizhenko discusses the impact of US political figures on Ukraine's situation and corruption.

Former Ukrainian government official and diplomat Andrii Telizhenko joins Aaron Maté to discuss how, in his view, powerful US figures including Joe Biden have used Ukraine for personal corruption and the geopolitical aim of bleeding Russia -- all to the detriment of Ukrainians. Telizhenko worked for the Ukrainian prosecutor general’s office in Kyiv before moving to Ukraine's US Embassy in 2015. He went on to work for Blue Star Strategies, a Democrat-run lobbying firm that represented Burisma, the Ukrainian gas company that appointed Biden’s son Hunter to a lucrative board seat. Telizhenko, who cooperated with Rudy Giuliani's effort to dig up information about the Bidens' alleged corruption in Ukraine, has been sanctioned by the US Treasury Department for "having directly or indirectly engaged in, sponsored, concealed, or otherwise been complicit in foreign influence in a United States election." Guest: Andrii Telizhenko. Political consultant who was previously a Ukrainian government official and diplomat. Support Pushback: https://www.patreon.com/aaronmate

People in this episode

Host: Aaron Maté

Guest: Andrii Telizhenko

Topics covered

  • corruption
  • Ukraine
  • US politics
  • geopolitics
  • diplomacy
  • foreign influence

Keywords

  • corruption
  • Ukraine
  • Joe Biden
  • Andrii Telizhenko
  • geopolitics
  • foreign influence
  • Burisma

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Blue Star Strategies, Burisma, US Treasury Department

Places: Ukraine, United States, Kyiv

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