-----Original Message-----

From: Max Seddon [mailto:max.seddon@buzzfeed.com]

Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 9:10 AM

To: Lucas Magnuson, Laura

Subject: Joe Biden's son joining the board of a Ukrainian natural gas company

Dear Laura,

Hope this finds you well. Russian state media is loving this press

 release, supposedly from a Cypriot-held Ukrainian natural gas company,

 claiming that the Vice President's son has joined its board of

directors.  The news seems rather odd on its face and, if true, would present a fairly glaring conflict of interest given the VP's role on Ukraine policy - particularly since the company is controlled by Nikolai Zlochevsky, who was energy minister and deputy NSC chief under Yanukovych.

Is this true? What exactly is going on here?

Thanks and best

Max

Max Seddon

Foreign affairs reporter, BuzzFeed

+380 68 558 6856 (Kiev)

twitter.com/maxseddon

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Max Seddon

Foreign affairs reporter, BuzzFeed

+380 68 558 6856 (Kiev)

twitter.com/maxseddon