Devon D. Archer
See below questions from NYT.
1. Where do things stand with the owner? Is NZ still the owner?
2. What is the status of the “money-laundering and bribery” case in the UK? NZ’s assets in UK were once frozen but now unfrozen. Does the company have a comment on the issue?
3. He said there seems to be conflicting info about ownership of the company between Igor and Nicholai. Who is the actual owner and what is Igor’s involvement?
4. The US Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt gave a speech in September in Odessa criticizing government officials for obstructing efforts to combat corruption and graft and specifically called out NZ and millions of dollars in illicit assets that he had in the UK. How does the company respond to this speech and calls for investigations into officials who the ambassador says are obstructing reform?
5. He noted that Burisma is looking at expanding into Kazakhstan. Is this true?
6. What lobbying activities is the company engaged in the US. Is David Leiter still retained as the company’s lobbyist in DC?
7. Is Hunter Biden still a member of the board? What is his current activities with the company?
Eric D. Schwerin