This is a chapter from RealClearInvestigations' Hunter Biden Reader, a collection of news reports on Joe Biden's errant son and other family members. (Above is Russia's richest woman, who had mysterious ties to a consortium of business partners that included Hunter Biden. She is Elena Baturina, widow of a former Moscow Mayor, shown mourning with President Vladimir Putin.)
Selected Articles on Hunter Biden and His International Side Deals
(In Reverse Chronological Order)
Serbian Royals Sought Hunter Biden's Help for Palaces
Jon Levine, New York Post, June 18, 2022
Crown Prince Alexander KaraÄ‘orÄ‘ević of Yugoslavia and his wife, Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia, met with Biden in November 2015, and didn’t hesitate asking the then-vice president’s son for an expensive favor, emails from Hunter Biden’s abandoned hard drive show.
Oligarch Linked to Hunter Biden 3X Escapes U.S. Sanctions
Josh Boswell, Daily Mail, May 3
Hunter Biden flew to Moscow for a meeting with a now-sanctioned Russian oligarch with reportedly close ties to Vladimir Putin, laptop files reveal. Vladimir Yevtushenkov, 73, owned a company which reportedly supplied Putin's forces with drones used for deadly bombing raids in Ukraine and until last year owned key Russian defense contractor RTI. But while he was added to the UK and Australian sanctions lists this month but remains one of a handful of oligarchs unsanctioned by the Biden administration.
New Emails: Hunter Biden Sought $2 Million
Plus 'Success Fees' to Help Unfreeze Libyan Assets
Mattathias Schwartz, Business Insider, Sept. 23, 2021
Emails sent by business contacts of Hunter Biden indicate that the president's son requested an annual retainer of $2 million to help recover billions in Libyan assets frozen by the Obama administration.
Laptop Shows Joe Biden Attended Meetings
Between Hunter and His Mexican Business Partners
Miranda Devine, New York Post, June 30
Joe invited Hunter’s foreign associates to breakfast meetings at his vice presidential residence and to his office in the White House, the laptop shows. He took his son on Air Force Two to countries where Hunter was doing deals, and on at least one occasion, included one of Hunter’s business partners on the trip.
Hunter Biden's PR Push for Criminal Romanian Tycoon
Josh Boswell, Daily Mail, June 7
Gabriel Popoviciu hired Hunter Biden in 2016 as part of an influence campaign to persuade anti-corruption prosecutors to cut a deal or drop the case.
Hunter Biden’s Family Name
Aided Deals With Foreign Tycoons
James T. Areddy & Andrew Duehren, Wall Street Journal, Dec. 22, 2020
Hunter Biden ramped up business activities with European and Chinese tycoons as his father exited the vice presidency four years ago. For him it was a potential path to income; for the tycoons, the Biden family name promised to burnish their reputations.
Documents Shed Light on Hunter Biden's Links to Russian Oligarch
Chuck Ross, Daily Caller, Oct. 22
Newly surfaced court documents and emails shed fresh light on the mysterious relationship between Russian billionaire Elena Baturina and Hunter Biden.
'Suspicious' Flows of Money to Hunter Biden-Tied Firms
John Solomon, Just the News, Sept. 16
A Treasury Department agency that polices financial threats such as money laundering flagged several foreign transactions to Hunter Biden-connected businesses as "suspicious" during the end of the Obama administration and the beginning of the Trump administration.
Hunter's Globe-Hopping as Biden Was VP
Peter Schweizer, New York Post, Sept. 14
While Joe Biden served as vice president, his son Hunter received offers from foreign governments and oligarchs in areas where he had little or no expertise.
Why Was Hunter Biden on Board
of Left's Security Institute?
Eliana Johnson, Washington Free Beacon, Feb. 13
In 2011, two years into his father's term as vice president, Hunter Biden was appointed by the Truman National Security Project, a left-leaning foreign policy network, to its board of directors. The younger Biden had no obvious qualifications for the position.
Hunter Biden's Stake in Infamous Congo Mine Via Chinese
Yuichiro Kakutani, Washington Free Beacon, Jan. 2
The Chinese company in which Hunter Biden held a stake invested in a Congolese mine that was the site of gross human rights abuses and at least one death.