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Recent events in Ukraine have cast doubt on the government's dedication to combating corruption, as attention is shifted away from ongoing corruption scandals.
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- President Volodymyr Zelensky replaces his defense minister following corruption scandals in Ukraine's government.
- The SBU, Ukraine's domestic security service, detains oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky on suspicion of fraud and money-laundering.
- There are questions about the timing and nature of these interventions.
- Ukrainian politics is often opaque, with diversionary tactics used to hide the real game.
- Corruption remains a significant issue in Ukraine.
- The government's actions may indicate a desire to fight corruption, but skepticism remains.
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Recent events in Ukraine raise doubts about the government's commitment to fighting corruption, as attention is diverted from corruption scandals.
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Ukraine's fight against corruption is being questioned as recent events raise doubts about the government's true intentions. The practice of diverting attention from corruption scandals is likened to a magic trick, where the real game is usually elsewhere. Two significant corruption stories
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inston Churchill
talked about
the bulldogs of Soviet power fighting under the rug, with skeletons
tossed aside as a clue to who was out of favour. In modern Ukrainian
politics the game is less vicious, though often just as opaque.
Yuriy Nikolov
, an
investigative journalist, likens the practice to a scene in The
Prestige, a thriller from 2006, in which Michael Caines John Cutter
explains that the secret of magic is about diverting attention from the
trick. The real game is usually elsewhere, Mr Nikolov says.
In the
space of two days over the weekend, Ukraine has seen two big
corruption
stories make the
news. At face value they show the government wresting back the
initiative on reform. On September 3rd President Volodymyr Zelensky said
he would replace his defence minister, Oleksii Reznikov (pictured),
following months of corruption scandals at his department. A day earlier
the
SBU
, Ukraines domestic security service, had
detained Ihor Kolomoisky, a controversial oligarch once closely
associated with the president, on suspicion of fraud and
money-laundering. But there are some questions about the timing and
nature of both interventions.
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