Ukraine can't afford to have a corruption scandal | Inna Sovsun
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- čas přidán 26. 01. 2023
- "When people are fighting in the trenches, the societal reaction to corruption is much higher."
Corruption is 'deeply rooted' in Ukrainian affairs, but Zelensky is keen to ensure the international community can still trust him, says Inna Sovsun, Ukrainian MP and Deputy Head of the Holos Party.
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As you identify corrupt politicians give them a ticket to the front lines fighting the Russians and see how fast they mend their ways.
Agree 100%.
@@JohnDoe-vy5hh Yes 100%
if you got someone stealing during war time they'd sell you out on the front lines to.
there is no corruption scandal. Deal with corruption promptly and properly is not scandalous
EXACTLY correct . Openly calling out the corruption and dealing with it shows good governance.
Yup. No scandal just 3nforcement of the laws as usual.
Unlike the House of Lords now that's is a bastion of oinkers with there noses in it Fitst the Oligarths then covid contracts then the Arab's Not all I might add. But they need to clean the corrupt out of it. Just as the European Union have to clean the house
they have had corruption for years .. they have not dealt with it
Not as prompt as you think, but any action against it is good
Unless Ukrainians keep democracy including an aggressive free press, whatever corrupt occurs during wartime will be magnified during post war clean up and reconstruction. As I previously posted, Russian corporations and individuals using shell fronts in Greece and Cyprus might even try “to help” (themselves) to aid from the EU and the US. Ukrainians have to build a registry of “good” companies to participate in clean up and reconstruction by vetting them in advance. This includes actual ownership.
A very good point.
I'm reminded of what a Greek businessmen I know has said about Russians, namely. "They never pay their bills and the work they do is both terrible and always late. I never hire Russians or deal with Russian businesses."
Hopefully a lesson learned by an ever increasing number, I agree registries to help identify trustworthy contractors is a very good idea.
Well said! The war is in fact a perfect oppertunity for Ukraine to make a proper spring cleaning and start from scratch. If they can solve this they may well be on their way to become alot more democratic and free and perhaps even a wellfare state!
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Boris Johnson and Zaharia would help to identify good companies from UK.
Calling out corruption reflects transparency and good governance. The tenets of a nation that is at least on the path towards democracy - more than can be said for their “neighbor” East of their border.
Ukraine is still the most corrupt country on the planet .... seeing it as anything else is just plain ignorance.
@@Ridethebomb777 sources?
@@goldengoatfilms98 You've never been have you .... I'm currently living in the second most corrupt which is 2 door down. It's literally the wild west out here.
Or their “ friends “ over the Atlantic who are making a fortune out of this war while the people die. Britain didn’t pay of its war debt to America until 2008 and America emerged from the war as the richest country in the world. Who said war doesn’t pay. Think you are smart do you? Not that smart
@@johnm7267 well John, if the US are making so much money from this, perhaps Putin and the idiots in the Kremlin would do well not to start arbitrary war after arbitrary war.
Wouldnt corruption by a high official at a time of war be treason?
Send the fckers to the front line with an AK and a Parka.
It would depend. Corruption could be profiteering.... not necessarily treason.
It's so disgusting. How can he look into the eyes of the guys who are fighting and dying? If guilty, then there should be only one punishment - a firing squad. It would make others think twice. I doubt that he was acting on his own. All goes from the top down. How many politicians gave any of personal wealth to help the country . I only hear Zelenski say / give, give, give! Show an example and donate your money to the people who are suffering and send all the minister's sons to the front line instead of shouting No peace from the safe and the warm place. What sacrifices the ruling cast has made apart from increasing the wealth in their bank accounts and sending their families abroad. An ordinary people who are the real patriots. Peace for Ukrainian people!
@@auriskaunas9565 not ordinary people. These are extraordinary people
Lol
„Corruption is deeply rooted in Ukrainian politics“.
In the meantime in the USA it‘s literally legal for rich people and corporations to essentially BUY politicians.
Give me a break! Politics is corrupt. On some countries more than others, but these two things are tied in all countries. pretty much INHERENTLY.
yes, but you see, in the US it's legal to be corrupt, as you said...
And china and EU and Ruzzia and .......,
You can thank the Roberts SCOTUS for allowing corporations to legally buy politicians. The GOP has corrupted the Supreme Court.
Ha! USA is openly corrupt. I live here
Yes. That doesn't make it OK, however.
Ukraine is at least acting to deal with corruption in the country. Russia has also long had a serious problem with corruption but has so far failed to act on cleaning it up. Ukraine does not need to have Russian corruption brought across its borders.
You people live under a rock. For the first like 5 months of war loads of people were relieved from their jobs in the Russian government.
Corruption in both Russia and Ukraine is a legacy of the Soviet era. The difference between the two is that Ukraine is trying to stamp it out whereas Russia just let's it rip. Actually we should be glad of the latter because without the rampant skimming of military funding it has caused, Russia would have much much more weapons and equipment than it has now.
It has nothing to do with Russia
Sweden and Austria joined EU during the 1990ties and I took them 6+ years and they are a netpayer ever since .
Ukraine wants to join by 2025 ( in 2 1/2 years )
@@suemowat222 You people make me laugh. No matter how bad the news you will always continue to defend Ukraine and Zelensky instead of calling them out. The country has always been corrupt, got more corrupt with the new government they forced into power in 2014 and turns out to still be corrupt. These people leaving/being fired are lucky. Plus they aren’t the first people to be removed from Zelensky’s government. Opposition leaders are jailed or fired, media companies are either brought down or must air what the Ukrainian government tells them.
Acting to deal with corruption? Ukraine has received 120 Billion quid and counting since Feb. If people actually knew the scale of the thieving going on from the crooks in Kiev they'd be shocked.
yes we know just like every other govt out there
Of course Ukraine can afford to have a corruption scandal. It is admirable that in the midst of a war the Ukrainians are actively trying to reform their society. The war has actually accelerated the growth of solidarity and national identity in Ukrainian society and the determination to reform its political culture. The need to keep Western support is a powerful impetus, plus the impetus of the sacrifice that Ukrainians are making in combat.
The sacrifice of Ukrainians that USA doesnt give a fck about.
Exactly. In Ukraine they are firing and arresting corrupt officials. In Russia however Putin and his cronies ARE the corruption!
1000% don’t let orc propaganda sway you
Ruzzia China USA and EU have no corruption ? I think not 🤔
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Not quite... Ukraine can not appear to do nothing about corruption. They are no better or worse than us.
Why Not?????? The Brit Tories get off with that behavior every day of the week. Blairs Labour Party weren't squeaky clean either.
I think it’s a very good thing that Ukraine is open about this very clear issue. Their enforcements are nescessary. Ukraine also has a serious problem with Oilegarchs and soviet era corruption. I hope they can solve this maybe with help from Western countries. In a way this war may actually help make this change come about.
If they are looking for help from Britain or America they are looking in the wrong place
Corruption is regrettably a normal part of politics, it's in the nature of the kind of people who become politicians.
In less open societies this is of course far more of a problem as there is no pretence among politicians that they are doing anything other than lining their own pockets and making a grab for power, made worse because the people have next-to-no say.
Ukraine is a new democracy, old habits die hard - root out offenders promptly, deal with them especially harshly in time of war, and there is no scandal.
Well this is what cleaning up in the ranks looks like,nothing to get excited about,slava Ukraina
Exactly
Wonder how much money has they taken
How many potatos has thou taken ?
Is potatoe or potato?
One has to have realistic expectations here. A country with communism legacy but also shadowed and manipulated by Russia for 30 years. There has been no time since independence when the country has had a real chance to focus on its own development free of Russia's machinations.
Slava Ukraine
Corruption is not bad, only that those who cannot access the loot shout loud. Don’t break the morale of the administration, we need cohesion
Widespread corruption probably has been the biggest obstacle to Ukraine being accepted sooner as a candidate to EU membership but probably, just as this war seems to have bonded Ukrainians together as a nation the need to be seen not to squander western aid will clean things up to the point of making EU membership achievable sooner (I hope)
Ukraine could be watching from the sidelines of the EU for years, just look at the applicants still waiting.
Hungary will veto any attempt to get Ukraine into the EU whilst the human rights of those in Transcarpathia are abused
Your country is also corrupt, holier than thou !!
@@AahFukIt totally agree but without russian invasion the application would not only take years to go through but forever as countries like Germany would have always opposed it, worried Russia would no longer sell them cheap gas...
Quite frankly I thing Ukraie doe much more about corruption than many of our own companies. It is always good to keep vigilant on these issues, buy to be honest I don't see them making a great issue of it.
Aaaaand the fact that around 70% of weapons and artillery sent to Ukraine do not make it to the battlefield and instead are being sold on the black market. This is going to have long-lasting problems. At some point, Ukraine leaders will have to do the right thing and negotiate or at least implement the terms of the Minsk Agreements.
business as usual, sadly; institutional reaction is much welcomed.
Yes, it is wise to get on top of any corruption EARLY to maintain credibility with the Western supporters.
All of this should be no surprise, but the President of Ukraine should be able to deal aggressively with it
Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs, Denys Monastyrsky was Zelenskyy's closest ally and was entrusted to root out corruption in the police force.
Ukraine's is known for a notoriously corrupt and brutal police force. Monastyrsky was reforming that, before he died in the tragic helicopter crash in Kyiv.
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Do what you can now to fight corruption, that's important, but only without endangering the war effort. Win the war, that has to be priority one, then hit the corruption issue hard after peace is achieved.
yeah..no..
you cant win a war when someone is skimming off the budget meant for war for personal wealth. They did the right thing and fired him immediately. As russia has shown us...nothing is more corrosive to a military than corruption
People stealing resources that support the war is equal to shooting soldiers.
Maybe it's preferable to sweep iit all iunder the rug?... you know... Rissian style?...
When it comes to political corruption it come always comes back to me the apocryphal quote from Julius Caeser when his wife Pompeia was accused of impropriety / corruption and he subsequently divorced her: "Caesar's wife must be above suspicion" i.e those in public office are held to higher standard of public scrutiny so they must endeavour to have no taint of corruption in their business dealings or personal affairs.
Unfortunately our friends in political office in Ukraine must learn this lesson the hard way. When this 'Special Military Operation' is over and Russia is defeated on the battlefield the returning soldiers who gambled their lives on the eastern front and their loving families and children who anxiously awaited their return will have no stomach for Putin style Oligarchs swelling their Swiss bank accounts with vast amounts of gold while the country sinks into squalor.
Ukraine isn't only battling Russian on the fields of Dnipro / Luhansk they're also fighting the endemic corruption that comes with ''русская душа". Once they have won the peace they will have to dig out the roots of Russian malfeasance that have take hold in their body politic, only then can they take their rightful place amongst the newest members (and most vibrant) members of the European Union.
Why call them Putin style oligarchs and not Ukrainian style oligarchs, is there a difference? In both countries they are mostly jews
It’s laughable that you Blair Ukraine corruption on Russia. Kolomoisky and Zelensky are both Jews and corrupt. You are just a delusional Russiaphobe
I disagree. It is important for Ukraine to be seen to be fighting corruption. Billions of Pounds, Dollars and Euros are being pumped into Ukraine and billions more once this dreadful war is over. It is vitally important that Ukraine identifies those responsible and brings the full force of the law down upon them. I for one feel more confident in Ukraine future now that they are rooting out the greedy traitors who steal from the people and state.
Well Zelensky and his spendthrift wife had better root themselves out
Well, if the tories are doing it...
Only took a year to get round to talking about this topic. firing a few people doesn't solve the problem
Who said nothing has been done for a year? Please, in your infinite wisdom, explain to us peasants what exactly needs to be done.
His wife flaunts enough jewelry to keep a number of UK families in food and fuel for several winters,and yet she demands more.
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Yup. I have read that Z. has enriched himself enormously while in office. He's a very useful idiot for the West/U.S.
Like you have a clue what her jewelry is worth? I'm sure Zelensky made pretty good money before he became President and could afford to buy his wife some decent jewelry (who knows if it is real or not). Compare that to the Russian kleptorcracy, the Oligarchs and Putin's circle of corruption and there is no comparison. Putin and his Oligarch buddies have hundreds of billions of dollars worth of money and property they gained from corruption off the backs of the Russian people.
Zelensky himself is corrupt.
But who will purge zelensky?
Sports cars, mansions & luxury vacations as people suffered. “The defense ministry had earlier announced the resignation of deputy minister Vyacheslav Shapovalov, who was in charge of the army’s logistical support, on the heels of accusations it was signing food contracts at inflated prices.” In this case regarding the food contracts, Shapovalov is accused of signing a deal with an unknown, shady firm. In his role as deputy defense minister, his is the most notable and visible resignation. Crucially he would have had no small part in overseeing the billions of dollars flowing from the pockets of US and European taxpayers as authorized defense aid.
He purchased military rations at inflated prices in what appears a scheme to line the pockets of contractors, and potentially involving kickbacks to himself.
There’s also deputy head of the Zelensky administration Kyrylo Tymoshenko, who stands accused of living a lavish wartime lifestyle. Many current mainstream media reports on Tuesday are burying some of the key verified details. For example, BBC writes simply that “Tymoshenko was implicated in several scandals during his tenure, including in October last year when he was accused of using a car donated to Ukraine for humanitarian purposes.”
But starting in early December local Ukrainian outlets, angered at the posh lifestyle of Ukrainian leaders at a moment ten of millions are without power amid Russian aerial bombardment of the nation’s power grid, began confirming that Tymoshenko drove high-end sports cars in and out of the capital, to and from mansions which typically range in cost from $10,000 to $25,000 per month.
As another example of Western MSM seeking to downplay or soften this latest wave of graft-related forced resignations, the AFP writes, “Ukraine has long suffered endemic corruption, including among the political elite, but efforts to stamp out graft have been overshadowed by Moscow’s full-scale war that began in February.” And yet officials like Tymoshenko were spotted around Kiev and oligarchs’ neighborhoods driving luxury sports cars for months throughout the war.
Additionally, there’s this laughable and embarrassing line out of the AFP report: “Kyiv’s Western allies, who have allocated billions of dollars in financial and military support, have been pushing for anti-corruption reforms for years, sometimes as a precondition for aid.”
From a government supposedly “pushing anti-corruption reforms for years” to over $100 billion in US defense and foreign aid being pledged to Kiev’s coffers over the past year… to now this from within the heart of the Zelensky administration.
It doesn’t stop at posh and expensive cars, but the controversy has even extended to luxury vacations abroad as Ukrainians suffer the deprivations of war at home. “The departure of Symonenko, a deputy prosecutor general, comes after media reports that he spent a holiday in Spain this winter, reportedly using a car belonging to a Ukrainian businessman.” The government has as a result now reportedly barred top officials from vacationing abroad as a result of the scandal.
Just prior to the wave of resignations, another official named Vasyl Lozynskiy was accused of receiving bribes to “facilitate” the purchase of generators at greatly hiked-up prices. Crucially, Lozynskiy as Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Development would have also been directly involved in overseeing how billions of dollars in Western humanitarian and infrastructure assistance gets doled out.
Commenting on this, mainstream media is now belatedly acknowledging a fact that’s long been well-known, but which would get a person ‘canceled’ in public discourse if they dared pointed it out.
Putin as billions of dollars banked away from doing what it wasnt by being an honest hard worker
@vlADOLPH PUTLER Russia does not beg the Western taxpayers for weapons and Western taxpayers do not bankroll Russia government.
The fish rots from the head
There's mountain🏔️🏔️ of gold in Ukrain but i'm not interested at all.
Putin is.
No tanks and planes until corruption is rooted out
Here is corruption: the US will spend 1 trillion on the f35 program. That single plane costs more than all money spent Ukraine is using to fight off the entire Russian military. Is it worth the cost? No. Those are huge unnecessary markups happening and government officials getting kickbacks to sign off on the costs.
So you wont give your bridge you live under to ukraine ?
Oh, than you Ivan. That sound like a great way for Russia to win and steal all the resources and wealth of Ukraine and enslave the Ukrainian people.
country isd dealing with corruption. what's wrong with that. just looks whats been happening in Britain lately and noone is jailed
Ukraine internal politics has no meaning. They do not have long time left to sort it out before the end.
Ah, a nice whitewash interview from Sky reporter. All good propaganda....
maybe they left because they don't want to get killed in the war.
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Can you try and copy-paste something else for a change, "Julia"?
Corruption is everywhere glad the Ukraine is cleaning it up. Where its found and Publishes it. Unlike in the United Kingdom where the House of Lords was rife with it. When Russian Oligarths were shoving there money in the oinkers faces. Then covid mere corruption in the Lords and goverment cover ups. This den of snakes needs cleaned out. Then the Arab's come along and the oinkers have there faces in it again. Just as it was found out in the European Union. You will find it everywhere. And we in this country are just as guilty. But Ukraine call it out We try to hide it Let's keep it real
Yer I thought It was daft.
I don't understand why the owner/operators of this channel don't ban this annoying bot.
Zelensky have said he wanted change Ukraine into a big apartheid Israel. hes on his way enjoy.