An adviser for Mr. Zelensky declined to comment, saying that the supervisory boards were not the president’s responsibility.
European leaders have privately criticized but reluctantly tolerated Ukrainian corruption for years, reasoning that supporting the fight against Russia’s invasion was paramount. So, even as Ukraine undermined outside oversight, European money kept flowing.
“We do care about good governance, but we have to accept that risk,” said Christian Syse, the special envoy to Ukraine from Norway, one of Kyiv’s top donors. He added: “Because it’s war. Because it’s in our own interest to help Ukraine financially. Because Ukraine is defending Europe from Russian attacks.
I’d argue the rot goes further up the Euro train than just .
They knew about it. Let it slide for “reasons” - they were never under threat from Russia.
and were openly corrupt about energy companies and then premptively pardons his whole family on whatever illegal shit they did going back to curiously 2014, year of the “fuck the EU” Maidan coup.
I wonder if a lot of the dirt on western corruption will start coming out once the regime collapses. It’s almost certain they have detailed records of how top people in the west were deeply involved in the whole thing.
I’d argue the rot goes further up the Euro train than just
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They knew about it. Let it slide for “reasons” - they were never under threat from Russia.
Hunter Biden’s job at Burisma “awkward” for U.S. anticorruption policy in Ukraine <<-- and that is from a
rag that started posting in english in 2014 and stopped in 2021.
I wonder if a lot of the dirt on western corruption will start coming out once the regime collapses. It’s almost certain they have detailed records of how top people in the west were deeply involved in the whole thing.