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In reply to the discussion: Do political pundits who deny the Russian invasion of Crimea deserve to be taken seriously at DU? [View all]JonLP24
(29,322 posts)The whole country is mired in corruption, but specifically changing course with the trade deals after the EU talks broke down after his refusal to release the Freedom Party Leader (political prosecutions is a common one in Ukraine but he was hardly the only one) but faced a 50+ count indictment herself in the US & Wikileaks revealed one of the current members of Ukraine's government destroyed files indicating her mob ties (mob is heavily involved given all the bribing & corruption that takes place) but it was specifically the Russian as a language, the Russia trade deals (where a smoke bomb was thrown in the room).
The conflicts going on in East Ukraine was used as a justification for the votes to remove but for some reason aren't blaming themselves regarding any of it.