Your Vice Presidents Son – Now Ukraine Bigshot

I had to pass this along, in case any of you still have any questions surrounding The United States interests in Ukraine.

Vice President of The United States Joe Biden’s son has just been appointed as a “new director” on the board of directors of Ukraine’s largest private gas producer Burisma Holdings.

Having served as a Senior Vice President at MBNA bank, former U.S. President Bill Clinton appointed him an Executive Director of E-Commerce Policy Coordination and under Secretary of Commerce William Daley. Mr. Biden served as Honorary Co-Chair of the 2008 Obama-Biden Inaugural Committee.

Now Biden’s son is on the board of directors of Ukraine’s largest gas company????

Common on people! This is public knowledge! ( Thanks to Zerohedge for the tip-off ).

The full article is here at their own corporate website. I’m off to the bathroom now to vomit.

http://burisma.com/hunter-biden-joins-the-team-of-burisma-holdings/

 

 

The Currency War Behind the Energy Game

When you follow the money in geopolitics, you always end up at the same place — currency dominance and resource control. This Ukrainian situation isn’t about democracy or freedom. It’s about who controls the energy flows that determine which currency stays on top.

Natural Gas and Dollar Hegemony

Here’s what most traders miss: natural gas transactions are the backbone of dollar recycling in Eastern Europe. Ukraine sits on massive untapped reserves, and whoever controls that gas controls the pricing mechanism. When Biden’s son lands on Burisma’s board, he’s not there for his energy expertise — he’s there as a political insurance policy.

Every major gas deal flowing through Ukrainian infrastructure gets priced in dollars. That’s billions in transactions that reinforce USD demand. Russia knows this. Europe knows this. And now you know why the political class is so invested in keeping Ukraine in the Western sphere.

The Ruble-Euro Squeeze Play

Russia’s been trying to break this dollar stranglehold for years. They want their gas sold in rubles, cutting out the USD middleman entirely. Europe needs the energy but can’t afford to abandon dollar-based trade without risking their own currency stability.

This creates a three-way tension that savvy forex traders should be watching closely. When tensions escalate, watch EUR/USD volatility spike. When Russia makes energy ultimatums, the ruble gets temporary strength. But USD weakness in this scenario isn’t bullish for alternatives — it’s just chaos.

The Real Trade Setup

Smart money isn’t playing the obvious political angles here. They’re positioning for energy price volatility and the currency disruptions that follow. Natural gas futures drive heating costs across Europe, which directly impacts ECB policy decisions.

When gas prices spike due to supply concerns, the euro weakens because European manufacturers can’t compete globally with high energy input costs. When gas flows smoothly, EUR finds its footing again. This isn’t complicated geopolitics — it’s supply chain economics translated into currency movements.

The Biden family’s Ukrainian connections just confirm what the charts have been telling us: energy security equals currency security. Follow the pipeline maps, not the headlines.

What This Means for Your Trading

Corruption and cronyism create market inefficiencies, and inefficiencies create trading opportunities. When political families have financial stakes in foreign energy companies, you can bet policy decisions will favor protecting those investments.

This means increased military spending, which is inflationary. It means energy sanctions that backfire on consumers. It means central banks printing money to fund proxy conflicts while pretending it won’t affect currency values.

The trade isn’t picking sides in some geopolitical chess match. The trade is recognizing that when political elites have skin in the game, they’ll manipulate policy to protect their positions. That manipulation creates predictable market distortions.

Every time you see a politician’s family member joining a foreign company’s board, start tracking that country’s currency relationships. It’s not insider trading — it’s pattern recognition. The corrupt always telegraph their moves through their financial interests.

Ukraine’s gas reserves are estimated at over 1 trillion cubic meters. That’s not just energy — that’s currency leverage worth hundreds of billions in annual trade flows. Now you understand why this conflict matters to your trading account, regardless of what you think about the politics.