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context: Good, crack down on corruption! >
  
  Their country is at war, crooks gonna take advantage . >
  
  Nah, they've been doing this for 30 years. The fact that they're at war just means that every now and then the ones stealing billions will have to arrest the ones stealing millions to make it seem like they're tackling the problem. >
  
  Lol,also true, their thrives are like our thieves >
  
  Nah, I don't know where you are, but until recently Ukraine was probably the most corrupt country on the planet.     
  It's gotten a lot better in the last decade, but it's still a comparatively big issue compared to much of the West. >
  
  As shit as it is, once a Russia is out of the fucking place, the war will probably be the best thing to happen to Ukraine long term. 
  Just fucking sucks it often takes this sort of shit to get there. >
  
  Well. I can’t tell if this is part of a continuing de-corrupting of Ukraine or emblematic of an actual issue. 
  Ukraine most certainly WAS corrupt, so by extension it would serve to see a lot of headlines like this if they were finally actually holding those in power accountable. But continued corruption is an equally plausible explanation. >
  
  
  Well. I can’t tell if this is part of a continuing de-corrupting of Ukraine or emblematic of an actual issue.
  
  Both.      
  
  Ukraine most certainly WAS corrupt
  
  Systemic corruption doesn't just disappear overnight, because it's the result of norms about "how business is done". Ukraine's made rapid progress, but they started from the worst position and it's going to be a long marathon to get things to an acceptable level. >
  
  Huh, I wonder if Paul Manafort has ties with any of this. >
  
  The whole country is quite corrupt. Zelensky lucked out hard to a degree. He was right at the top of the Panama papers. >
  
  Yeah, the people who make excuses for what was discovered in the Panama Papers have their heads in the sand.
  I have nothing but admiration for post-war Zelensky, but the preponderance of evidence shows that he likely was also engaging in financial corruption at one point. >
  
  Not in the 2022 ranking; Ukraine rank 116, Russia rank 137. Also not in 2021 (rank 122 vs 136) or 2020 (117 vs 129). Haven’t checked before. (Edit: link)
  But yes, good to see them tackling the Soviet/Russian kleptocratic legacy. News like this is very good, shows they are dealing with it.