Claims of widespread corruption in Ukraine, consisting of among its management, are a false “Russian narrative,” the head of President Vladimir Zelensky’s workplace announced in an interview on Friday.
” Ukraine is not the world’s most corrupt nation or one of the most corrupt. This is not real,” Andrey Yermak stated, when asked by journalist Natalia Mosiychuk whether the problem had actually been brought up by Kiev’s foreign sponsors.
Yermak preserved that the nation’s leadership was graft-free which Zelensky personally had no tolerance for it in his inner circle.
” You understand for sure that neither the president nor I am corrupt,” he said.
” I believe nobody, unless they are paid to spread out someone’s phony news, would call our president corrupt,” Yermak declared.
Zelensky was a successful and popular entrepreneur before he ran for president, and went into politics since he did not like the system, his associate said. He brought into his government many good friends from his home entertainment business, but according to Yermak, Zelensky would not deal with anyone as untouchable or endure someone who does not share his principles.
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The head of state pushes law enforcement officials to examine all cases of presumed graft thoroughly, Yermak firmly insisted.
The Zelensky government has actually been rocked by a number of major corruption scandals, including in the Defense Ministry. A current profile of the Ukrainian leader in Time magazine described the shooting of Minister Aleksey Reznikov, a close Zelensky ally, from his position in September as coming “far too late.”
The president was warned about a looming scandal over the procurement of pricey food for soldiers in February, but failed to act, providing “his allies several chances to handle the problems silently or explain them away,” the report stated. He moved to replace the minister ahead of a check out to the US, however by that minute “Reznikov’s eggs” caused reputational damage to Ukraine, both on the frontline and in foreign capitals.
At lower levels, Ukrainian officials are “stealing like there’s no tomorrow,” an anonymous Zelensky assistant was quoted by Time as saying. Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba called the statement “false” and urged people to rely on the EU’s assessment that Kiev was effectively combating corruption.
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Western politicians opposing ongoing financing for Ukraine while it combats Russia have actually pointed out graft as one of the factors for their unwillingness. In the United States the issue has caused a crisis on Capitol Hill, with some House Republicans declining to assign more money. The White House has actually attempted to bundle its ask for Ukraine funds with Israeli aid to get rid of the resistance but has actually up until now stopped working.
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