“Following the unscheduled January visit of CIA Director William Burns to Kyiv, many Ukrainian officials have been removed from their posts. This sudden ‘anti-corruption’ drive, which saw many ministers replaced, was ostensibly undertaken to combat a culture of institutionalized plunder which earned Ukraine the title of ‘Most corrupt nation in Europe,'” columnist Frank Wright began.
“Yet the cleaning of this Augean stable has halted, leaving the most controversial suspect in office. If these sackings and resignations were undertaken to oust the guilty, why stop short of removing the most obviously compromised minister of all?” he continued.
Three weeks ago, the Ukrainian defense minister Oleksii Reznikov faced the possibility of being dismissed due to his alleged involvement in the misappropriation of funds. Despite the Ukrainian parliament voting for his removal, the case against him has mysteriously disappeared, as has the country’s anti-corruption efforts, Wright noted.
David Arakhamia, the chief of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s party’s
parliamentary bloc, initially described the process as a “reshuffle” due
to the ongoing conflict’s constraints. Arakhamia did not accuse
Reznikov of any wrongdoing, citing the “logic of war” as the reason for
the shift, the columnist continued....<<<Read More>>>....
