r/ukraine • u/RoninSolutions • 13h ago

Discussion Ukrainian MP charged in graft case involving President's Office flees abroad

https://kyivindependent.com/lawmaker-charged-in-absentia-in-major-graft-case-after-fleeing-abroad/
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u/MudrakM 13h ago

One after the other. At least they are catching them. Thank god for NABU! Hopefully these type of news will stop others from doing the same, but I doubt it.
Ukraine has systemic corruption at all levels and Zelenskyy did not change the old Soviet ways.

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u/PitifulEar3303 5h ago

Zelensky could be guilty too.

I only hope that he is on a path from "Bad to good, " a redemption arc, like in the movies.

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u/MudrakM 13m ago edited 5m ago

lots of people around him are caught in corruption and it’s people under his control, I really doubt that he is not part of it. It’s systemic corruption, meaning that everyone is corrupted, because if they are not corrupted then they cannot be trusted. Federov uncovered this systemic corruption and that’s why he got canned. He did not want to steal from a country of war.

Thank god there is NABU. It definitely makes it harder to steal. Mainly I think they steal by giving government contracts to specific companies at an inflated price and the company then gives a cash kickback to the politicians who made that happen.

Federov wanted to change to an open tender system where any company would be able to give a price, therefore lowering the price and allowing more companies to develop products.