The Russian Investigative Committee reported that money channelled through the Ukrainian oil and gas company Burisma Holdings over the past few years was used to finance terrorist acts on the territory of Russia and abroad, according to Russian media.
The committee’s spokesperson, Svetlana Petrenko, reported that the funds routed through Burisma Holdings financed activities aimed at eliminating high-ranking politicians and public figures, as well as at causing economic damage.
It was established that funds received through commercial organisations, in particular the oil and gas company Burisma Holdings, operating in Ukraine, had been used to carry out terrorist acts in the Russian Federation over recent years.
The Ukraine-based Burisma Holdings is owned by Mykola Zlochevsky, former minister of ecology and natural resources of Ukraine, and is linked to the US president’s family, as Hunter Biden, son of Joe Biden, joined its board in 2014.
In early April, Russian President Vladimir Putin promised that all the perpetrators, orchestrators and masterminds of the Crocus attack “will suffer fair and inevitable punishment.”
The terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall took place on March 22 when armed men opened fire ahead of a rock band concert. 144 people have been killed and 551 injured.
