• davel@lemmy.ml
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    2 hours ago

    Ukraine was famously corrupt before this war, before the Maidan coup, and before the Yanukovych administration.

    And now that the war is failing, and the hunt is on for scapegoats, corruption allegations will fly.

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      2 hours ago

      Ukraine is actively trying to battle their corruption, with this being a step towards that end, however small.

      Meanwhile Russia is famously more corrupt than Ukraine, has been since long before Maidan, attempted to pervert Ukraine’s elections to install a corrupt leader under their control, and then invaded in an attempt to expropriate Ukrainian land and resources when that attempt failed.

      What point are you trying to make here?

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        2 hours ago

        I think I made my point?

        And now that the war is failing, and the hunt is on for scapegoats, corruption allegations will fly.

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          27 minutes ago

          You did not. You hinted at a point without stating it directly.

          Are you saying that this corruption charge is disingenuous and intended to redirect attention from other issues? Because if so you need to make that explicit and then support it with evidence. Otherwise it sounds like you’re parroting known disinformation.

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            Are you saying that this corruption charge is disingenuous

            I have no idea how genuine this particular corruption charge is, but given rife with corruption the country is, I’m inclined to believe it.

            My point is that I think patsies are now being chosen to take the fall in lieu of the most powerful oligarchs and government functionaries, who also also corrupt.

            Otherwise it sounds like you’re parroting known disinformation.

            What disinformation does it sound like I’m parroting?

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    billions have dissappeared so this army psychiatrist must be one of the small fish that they feel they can sacrafice.

    or worse yet: they did it fbi style and manufactured the criminal so that they can arrest him.

    either way, it’s having a serious impact on ukraine’s ability to fight.

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      4 hours ago

      In the comments section of an article about the war last week, I wrote that Ukraine was the most corrupt country in Europe. I included the link to transparency.org with the data.

      The bbc removed the comment. And upheld the section on appeal.

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        4 hours ago

        the western narrative on ukraine is just as strong as it is with isreal, so you probably shouldn’t expect to break through anytime soon.