Respect and checked quads.
ta vice president Mary Guttieri also wrote to Hunter about geopolitical issues involving the company’s research in the former Soviet republic in April 2014, two months after Russia invaded and annexed the Crimea region.
“As promised, I’ve prepared the attached memo, which provides an overview of Metabiota, our engagement in Ukraine, and how we can potentially leverage our team, networks, and concepts to assert Ukraine’s cultural and economic independence from Russia and continued integration into Western society,” her memo read.
Days later, Burisma executive Vadym Pozharskyi wrote to Biden about a “as you called ‘Science Ukraine’ project.”
“As I understand the Metabiota was a subcontract to principal contactor of the DoD B&V [engineering firm Black & Veatch],” his e-mail read. “What kind of partnership Metabiota is looking for in Ukraine?”
https://nypost.com/2022/03/26/hunter-biden-played-role-in-funding-us-bio-labs-contractor-in-ukraine-e-mails/
Black & Veatch to continue support for DTRA’s CBEP programme
From (10 OCTOBER 2012)
The US Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has awarded a follow-on contract to Black & Veatch to continue enhance the partner nation’s sustainable capacity to detect, diagnose, report, and respond to infectious disease outbreaks in Ukraine.
Under the $85m five year modification contract, Black & Veatch will provide support for the implementation of the agency’s Cooperative Biological Engagement Program (CBEP) with the Ukrainian Government.
The CBEP programme is aimed to provide modern lab facilities; equipment and training to strengthen the human health system.
Black & Veatch Federal Services president Bill Van Dyke said, "We will continue to provide our client with best practices in preventing the spread of biological weapons, technology and pathogens."
The DTRA has initially awarded biological threat reduction integrating contracts to Black & Veatch in 2008, while the recent contract is the next five-year phase of the CBEP in Ukraine.
Since 1993, Black & Veatch and DTRA have also been working jointly to provide protection against the weapons of mass destruction explosion which include biological, chemical and nuclear weapons, in Former Soviet Union states.
https://www.homelandsecurity-technology.com/news/newsblack-veatch-to-continue-support-for-dtras-cbep-programme/
And of course they "Fact Checked" it.
https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2022/04/fact-check-department-of-defense-did-not-award-contract-for-covid-19-research-in-ukraine-3-months-before-virus-was-known.html
Metabiota Gains Government Momentum with Black & Veatch Sub-Contracts for Defense Threat Reduction Programs
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ – Today, Metabiota, the pioneer in epidemic risk modeling, announced it has been awarded a subcontract from Black & Veatch (B&V) to support the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency's (DTRA) Cooperative Biological Engagement Program (CBEP) in Iraq under the Biological Threat Reduction Integrating Contract (BTRIC). Metabiota has also partnered with B&V on DTRA's recently awarded Cooperative Threat Reduction Integrating Contract (CTRIC) III with an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract ceiling of $970M.
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/metabiota-gains-government-momentum-with-black-veatch-sub-contracts-for-defense-threat-reduction-programs-1027442834