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Senior US Official: Corruption Ukraine's 'Second War'

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2 years ago

July 3, 2022

The United States is closely watching signs of possible major anti-corruption moves in Ukraine involving the forced resignation of a billionaire governor and the arrest of two top state emergency officials.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called for the resignation Tuesday of Ihor Kolomoisky, a powerful businessman who had been serving as governor in the key industrial region of Dnipropetrovsk. The controversy erupted last week after Kolomoisky, having clashed with the government over the future of a state energy company in which he is a stakeholder, sent a private security army to its headquarters in an apparent show-of-force to protect his interests.

Officials are watching what Kolomoisky will do now that he has stepped down and what impact the scandal will have on efforts to reform Ukraine’s government and stabilize the eastern region battered by months of fighting between government forces and pro-Russian separatists.

“We hope very much that he will do what his people have been signaling after his decision to leave the governorship, which is to be a successful and loyal member of the Ukrainian business community,” said a senior U.S. State Department official on Wednesday. “We’ll have to see how this plays out, but that would be our expectation.”

Ukrainian officials also arrested the head of Ukraine’s state emergency service, Serhiy Bochkovsky, and his deputy, Vasyl Stoyetskiy, on corruption charges during a televised meeting on Wednesday.

U.S. officials say Ukraine’s unfolding anti-corruption efforts reflect broader attempts to reform Ukraine’s government, where corruption has long been entrenched.

“I think one of the defining characteristics of this past year has been the very strong voice of Ukrainian civil society in holding their leaders to account, in demanding unity of effort among the country’s democratic forces, and in insisting that a return to business as usual, that is of the Yanukovych era and before, is simply unacceptable,” said the senior U.S. official. “And that was certainly the case in this crisis around Governor Kolomoisky and the role that he was going to play.”

The official was referring to Ukraine’s former president, Viktor Yanukovych, who was ousted in February of last year following months of protests against his government. He fled to Russia and is wanted by Kyiv and Interpol on corruption charges, amongst others.

Meanwhile, Ukraine continues to face a fragile cease-fire between army forces and pro-Russian rebels in the east. While much of the fighting has slowed, shelling continues almost daily across cease-fire lines.

The U.S. official said “Russians are still fueling the fight” and claimed that Moscow continues to be Ukraine’s greatest threat.

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Myanmar court finds Suu Kyi guilty on 5 counts of corruption | International News | Top News | WION

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2 years ago

January 5, 2023

Myanmar’s deposed leader and Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was jailed for seven years for corruption on Friday by a military court. Watch this video to know more.
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EU corruption scandal: European Parliament president reacts | DW News

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2 years ago

January 5, 2023

Authorities searched offices of the European Parliament on Monday as part of an investigation into alleged corruption, Belgian prosecutors said.

A European Parliament vice president, Eva Kaili, and other lawmakers have been implicated in the scandal.

Kaili was arrested Friday after police allegedly found “bags of cash” in her home.

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Monday described the scandal as an “attack” on EU democracy.

“The enemies of democracy, for whom the very existence of this parliament is a threat, will stop at nothing,” Metsola told EU lawmakers in Strasbourg, France.

She blamed “malign actors linked to autocratic third countries,” saying they had “allegedly weaponised NGOs, unions, individuals, assistants and members of the European Parliament in an effort to subvert our processes.”

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They don't even collect their dead | Military Mind | TVP World

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2 years ago

January 4, 2023

In two days of intense fighting in Bakhmut, the enemy lost about a hundred convicts pushed there in Wagner Group uniforms. Earlier this summer, we crushed their combat units. But Wagner is still training new recruits and is well funded. Their personnel is being honed for a specific task. Each unit performs its mission in a small area. They don’t even collect their dead.

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