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Viral Headlines Wrongly Report Indictment in Ukraine

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Ukrainian prosecutors said they have expanded their investigation involving Mykola Zlochevsky, the owner of Burisma, a gas company in Ukraine. But no “indictment” has been announced, as false headlines circulating on social media claim.


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A lot has been written in recent months about Burisma, a Ukrainian gasand Hunter Biden, who sat on the company’s board of directors when his father, Joe Biden, was vice president. Not all of it has been accurate.

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