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beardedmrbean · 1 year
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Ukraine on Wednesday announced searches of government buildings and the homes of high-profile ministers and oligarchs as part of a clampdown on corruption. The move comes ahead of a gathering of European leaders in Kyiv to discuss Ukraine’s path towards EU membership. 
Among those targeted by coordinated searches on Wednesday were residences linked to influential billionaire Igor Kolomoisky and former interior minister Arsen Avakov. Law enforcement also raided tax offices in the capital and senior customs officials were fired, said the head of Zelensky's party David Arakhamia. 
These are the latest in a string of high-profile efforts to tackle corruption in recent weeks.  
In the midst of war with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has upped the ante in an internal fight against corruption, pledging to make as many personnel changes “as necessary” even at the highest levels of office. 
"People in the government who do not meet the basic requirements of the state and society should not occupy their seats," he said in a video address on Tuesday.  
Zelensky was elected in 2019 on an anti-establishment and anti-corruption platform. Yet efforts to ongoing efforts to stamp out misconduct have been overshadowed by the Russian invasion almost a year ago.
Ukraine currently ranks a low 116 out of the 180 countries listed for perceived corruption, according to anti-corruption group Transparency International.
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Multi-million-dollar fraud 
Investigators from the Ukraine’s security service SBU released images of a search from the home of Kolomoisky, who was barred from entering the United States over allegations of corruption and undermining democracy. 
Prior to the Russian invasion, Kolomoisky was one of the country's richest men, with holdings in a slew of industries, including media, aviation and energy. 
The security service said the search had been launched over an investigation into the embezzlement of 40 billion hryvnia (about $1.1 billion) from energy holdings.
Last week Ukrainian authorities fired around a dozen senior figures, including defence officials and a top aide to the president's office. 
One such official was former deputy defence minister Vyacheslav Shapovalov, who worked on logistical support for the army. The ministry has been accused of signing food contracts at prices up to three times the market rates. 
The SBU also said it had uncovered a scheme by the head of the Kyiv tax office involving "multimillion-dollar" fraud schemes. They accuse the official of having abused a position of authority. 
Additionally, the government has also seized stakes in the energy companies – oil producer Ukrnafta and refiner Ukrtatnafta – as part of moves to consolidate the war effort. 
More dismissals are possible. The State Bureau of Investigation and the Prosecutor General's Office said Wednesday they had informed several senior officials they were under investigation for crimes including misappropriation of state funds and misuse of state property. 
"Every criminal who has the audacity to harm Ukraine, especially in the conditions of war, must clearly understand that we will put handcuffs on him,” said Vasyl Maliuk, the head of the SBU, on Wednesday. 
Speed vs integrity 
Renewed efforts to tacks corruption are thought to be aimed at appeasing EU leaders who arrived in Kyiv on Thursday for a summit to discuss Ukraine’s bid to join the EU. 
Ukraine currently has EU “candidate status", with Brussels saying strengthening the judiciary, fighting corruption and curbing the clout of powerful oligarchs are key conditions for joining. 
“Ukraine wants to show it can present a stable government that can deliver at the negotiating table, that can demonstrate the value systems and the commitment to transparency that are needed to be able to be part of the EU,” says Dr Melanie Garson, associate professor of international security and conflict resolution at University College London, UK. 
Yet, among EU member states, there are widely divergent views on how fast the process will go. Ukraine's strongest cheerleaders – including Poland and the Baltic states – insist Kyiv is making big strides against corruption and progress could come quicker than expected.  
But others insist that while making Ukraine a candidate sent the right symbolic message of support in light of the war, working through the nitty-gritty of the major reforms needed would be long and arduous. 
“The EU needs to strike a balance between speed and integrity,” says Joel Reland, research associate at UK in a Changing Europe. “It clearly wants Ukraine to be given fast-track membership but, at the same time, it can’t totally compromise on its principles of membership, which define the integrity of the EU.” 
Even so, French President Emmanuel Macron warned last May it could take "decades" before Ukraine meets the criteria and achieves full membership. 
The upper hand 
In the meantime, demonstrating values such as transparency is not just a question of values. 
In 2016, then US vice president Joe Biden withheld loan guarantees from Ukraine until the country’s prosecutor general, Viktor Shokin was dismissed as part of a push for anti-corruption reforms developed at the State Department and coordinated with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. 
In 2023, countries providing crucial military and financial aid to Ukraine still have “the upper hand to force their position”, says Garson, associate professor of international security and conflict resolution. “Zelensky is very aware of this and is trying to reiterate increased bipartisan support across the world.” 
Although the public dismissal of figures – including a high-level defence official – in the midst of war may seem like a risk, not tacking corruption during wartime can have even more serious long-term consequences.   
Funding for reconstruction and recovery efforts can be “drastically undermined by wrongdoers pocketing funds, both during the war and after”, said Transparency International in its 2023 report. 
“The visibility that the work has been done to make this a place where donors don't feel their funds are going into the pockets of oligarchs is really important,” adds Garson. “There needs to be confidence in government funds coming in and from external investors – it’s critical to long-term strategic rebuilding.” 
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Ukraine: ex-deputy defence minister accused of embezzling $25m
The Prosecutor-General’s Office of Ukraine has accused the country’s former deputy defence minister, Vyacheslav Shapovalov, of embezzling 948m hryvnyas (about $25m), Ukrainian media reports.
The former head of the ministry’s procurement department, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, was named as Shapovalov’s associate. This is the fourth suspicion brought against these officials. According to the investigation, he and two accomplices bought 50,000 non-standard body armour waistcoats from a company with Russian beneficiaries using budget money. The suspects face up to 12 years in prison.
In November 2023, Ukrainian deputy defence minister was accused of embezzling almost one billion hryvnias. In October 2023, North Atlantic Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Ukraine’s path to NATO, despite the conflict, includes fighting corruption.
On 17 August, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree dismissing all regional military commissars in the country. On 27 August, he issued a statement on his intention to equate corruption during martial law with state treason.
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mariacallous · 7 months
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Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov submitted his resignation on Monday after President Volodymyr Zelensky announced his decision to replace Reznikov with Rustem Umerov, the chairman of Ukraine’s State Property Fund. Zelensky made the announcement in a video address on Sunday night. “I believe that the [Defense] Ministry needs new approaches and other formats of interaction with both the military and society at large. Now, Rustem Umerov should lead the Ministry,” Zelensky said. 
Reznikov, who had headed the Defense Ministry since November 2021, shared a photo of his resignation letter in a tweet. “It was an honor to serve the Ukrainian people and work for the #UAarmy for the last 22 months, the toughest period of Ukraine’s modern history,” he said. 
Umerov resigned from his post as State Property Fund chairman on Monday. A Ukrainian politician and businessman of Crimean Tatar origin, 41-year-old Umerov was a founder of the Crimean Tatars Fellowship and an advisor to long-time Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev. Umerov served as a lawmaker in the Holos party from 2019 to 2022, and then became chairman of Ukraine’s State Property Fund. 
Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Umerov was part of the Ukrainian delegation that conducted several rounds of negotiations with Russia in Belarus and Turkey. He was involved in brokering prisoner exchanges, as well as the Black Sea grain deal (Russia terminated the deal, which allowed for grain shipments through Ukrainian ports, in July 2023). According to the investigative outlet Agentstvo, Umerov was poisoned in March 2022, leaving him temporarily unable to participate in the talks. 
Reznikov’s replacement is the biggest shake-up in Ukraine’s government since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, writes The New York Times. The reshuffle comes after the Defense Ministry was hit by corruption scandals in recent months and as the Ukrainian counteroffensive is entering a decisive phase. 
Rumors about Reznikov’s impending resignation first circulated in January, after several high-ranking officials — including Deputy Defense Minister Vyacheslav Shapovalov — resigned from their posts amid corruption scandals. Over the next few months, Ukrainian media uncovered several more scandals within the Defense Ministry, including the procurement of food supplies for Ukrainian troops at inflated prices and unfulfilled weapons contracts worth millions of dollars. This led to renewed speculation that Reznikov would soon step down. 
Speaking to The New York Times, an unnamed official in the Ukrainian President’s Office attributed Reznikov’s replacement to several factors, including the need for new leadership “as the war drags on,” public backlash over the procurement scandals, and “Reznikov’s own requests to step down.” 
Reznikov may be appointed as Ukraine’s ambassador to London. Speculation about Reznikov receiving a diplomatic appointment began circulating days before his dismissal (Holos party lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak, for example, wrote about Reznikov being tapped as ambassador on his Telegram channel on August 31). However, the former defense minister told the Ukrainian news site Babel on Sunday that he “didn’t know” anything about it. 
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#Breaking: Court arrests ex-deputy #defense minister, sets bail at $10.96 million. #Ukraine
⚡️ Ukrainska Pravda: Court arrests ex-deputy defense minister, sets bail at $10.96 million. A court arrested Former Deputy Defense Minister Vyacheslav Shapovalov for 60 days, and set bail at Hr 402.6 million ($10.96 million), Ukrainska Pravda reported, citing an unnamed source. — The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) February 3, 2023 Source: Twitter
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news24fr · 1 year
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Afficher uniquement les événements clésVeuillez activer JavaScript pour utiliser cette fonctionnalitéFlux en directLes évènements clésil y a 16 moisRésumé et bienvenueAfficher uniquement les événements clésVeuillez activer JavaScript pour utiliser cette fonctionnalitéil y a 16 mois00h31 HNERésumé et bienvenueBonjour et bienvenue dans notre couverture en direct de la guerre en Ukraine. Je m'appelle Helen Sullivan et je vous apporterai les dernières nouvelles d'ici peu. Notre principale histoire ce matin : les États-Unis et l'Allemagne seraient sur le point de donner un coup de pouce significatif à l'effort de guerre de l'Ukraine avec la livraison de chars de combat lourds. Il n'y a cependant pas eu de confirmation officielle. La décision de l'Allemagne devrait être officialisée mercredi et le chancelier allemand, Olaf Scholz, devrait être interrogé au Bundestag dans la matinée dans un débat susceptible d'être dominé par la décision sur les chars.Pendant ce temps, tard mardi soir, Volodymyr Zelenskiy a averti que "la Russie se prépare à une nouvelle vague d'agression avec les forces qu'elle peut mobiliser".Nous en aurons plus sur ces histoires sous peu. En attendant, voici les autres développements récents clés : En Ukraine, quinze hauts responsables ont quitté leur poste depuis samedi, dont six ont fait l'objet d'allégations de corruption portées contre eux par des journalistes et les autorités anti-corruption ukrainiennes. Le chef adjoint du bureau présidentiel ukrainien, Kyrylo Timochenko, a déclaré mardi qu'il avait demandé lundi à Zelenskiy de le relever de ses fonctions dans le cadre de la vague de démissions et de limogeages du gouvernement. Le vice-ministre de la Défense Vyacheslav Shapovalov, responsable de l'approvisionnement des troupes en nourriture et en équipement, a également démissionné, citant des «accusations de corruption» des médias qui, selon lui et le ministère, sont sans fondement. Le procureur général adjoint Oleksiy Symonenko a été démis de ses fonctions et deux vice-ministres ont démissionné du ministère ukrainien du développement des communautés et des territoires. Cinq gouverneurs régionaux sont également démis de leurs fonctions : Valentyn Reznichenko, de Dnipropetrovsk, Oleksandra Starukha de Zaporizhzhia, Oleksiy Kuleba de Kyiv, Dymtro Zhivytskyi, de Sumy et Yaroslav Yanushevich, de Kherson. Kherson et Zaporizhizhia sont deux des régions d'Ukraine que la Fédération de Russie a prétendu annexer. Le Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists a réinitialisé son horloge apocalyptique, destiné à illustrer les risques existentiels pour le monde, à 90 secondes avant minuit, le plus proche de minuit que l'horloge ait jamais été depuis son introduction en 1947. C'est "en grande partie" à cause de l'invasion de l'Ukraine par la Russie, ont-ils déclaré. L'Ukraine a suffisamment de réserves de charbon et de gaz pour les mois restants de l'hiver malgré les attaques russes répétées contre son système énergétique, a déclaré le Premier ministre Denys Shmyhal. Le ministre finlandais des Affaires étrangères, Pekka Haavisto, a signalé une éventuelle pause dans les discussions avec la Turquie sur les ambitions finlandaises de rejoindre l'OTAN aux côtés de la Suède, qui, selon lui, est due à la pression des prochaines élections en Turquie. Les sujetsRussieGuerre d'Ukraine en directRéutiliser ce contenu
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piyasahaberleri · 1 year
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Kiev, Batılı ortaklarına milyarlarca dolarlık askeri ve ekonomik yardımın görevli idaresi mevzusunda güvence vermeye istekli görünürken üst düzey yetkililerin kenara çekilmesiyle beraber bir yolsuzluk skandalı Ukrayna hükümetini sarsıyor. Yüksek profilli çıkışlar içinde Ukrayna Devlet Başkanı Volodymyr Zelenskyy'nin ofisinin başkan yardımcısı Kyrylo Timoşenko ve birlikler için erzak ve yiyeceklerden görevli müdafa bakanlığı yardımcısı Vyacheslav Shapovalov da var. Bir başsavcı yardımcısı, bir avuç bölge valisi ve öteki birkaç bakan da görevden alındı. Sarsıntıya neyin yol açtığına dair gerçek ayrıntılar birazcık belirsiz ve tüm istifalar ve görevden almalar birbiriyle ilişkili görünmüyor, sadece Ukrayna medyasında minimum bir haberin peşinden Müdafa Bakanlığı'nın askerler için yiyecek satın aldığına dair haberler geldi. extra yüksek fiyatlar. Müdafa Bakanlığı, iddiaların kasıtlı bir yanıltma girişimi bulunduğunu, sadece bir iç denetim yapacağını söylemişti. Geçen haftaki ek basında çıkan haberlerde, lüks yaşam tarzlarından zevk alıyor şeklinde görünen Timoşenko da dahil olmak suretiyle yetkililer sorgulandı. Bu, Rusya'nın geçen yılki işgalinden bu yana en yüksek profilli değişikliği temsil ediyor. İddia edilen rüşvet hakkında daha çok detay muhtemelen ortaya çıkacak, sadece Zelenskyy hükümetinin, bilhassa Ukrayna'nın mücadelesinde güvenilmiş olduğu on milyarlarca dolarlık yardım elde eden internasyonal destekçilerden gelen, yaygın yolsuzluk iddialarını bastırmak için süratli hareket etmiş olduğu açık görünüyor. Rusya'ya karşı. Bazı eleştirmenler, sarsıntının gerçek bir yolsuzlukla savaşım çabasından oldukca siyasal bir hareket bulunduğunu da öne sürdüler. Telegram'da Salı akşamı yapmış olduğu konuşmada Zelenskyy, personel vardiyalarını kabul etti ve “devleti engellemiş olan her türlü iç problem temizleniyor ve temizlenecek. Adildir, savunmamız için gereklidir ve Avrupa kurumlarıyla yakınlaşmamıza destek sağlar.” Zelenskyy 2019'da seçildiğinde bunu yapacağına söz vermesine karşın, Ukrayna daha ilkin üst düzey yolsuzluğun kökünü kazımak ve hukukun üstünlüğünü desteklemek için savaşım etmişti. Ukrayna'nın ABD ve Avrupa'daki destekçileri, bu sorunlarla başa çıkması için Kiev'e uzun süredir baskı yapıyordu. , bilhassa Ukrayna'nın bir ihtimal bigün Avrupa Birliği'ne iştirak etmesi da dahil olmak suretiyle Batı kurumlarına çağrı edilmesinin bir koşulu olarak. Batılı hükümetler Ukrayna'yı desteklemek için acil ederken ve Ukrayna'nın kendisi demokratik direniş için küresel bir sembol haline geldikçe, Rusya'nın geçen yılki geniş çaplı saldırısı, bu yolsuzluk endişelerinin bir kısmını bir kenara bıraktı. Ukrayna'da, Ukrayna hükümeti ve Zelenskyy'yi uzun süredir eleştiren bazı sivil cemiyet grupları ve yolsuzlukla savaşım güçleri, Ukrayna toplumu muharebede tamamen seferber olurken aktivizmlerinin bir kısmını askıya aldı. Ukrayna'daki harp ve yolsuzlukla ilgili geçen yaz gösterilen bir rapora gore, yolsuzlukla savaşım uzmanlarının ortalama yüzde 84'ü çatışma sebebiyle faaliyetlerini bıraktı. Gene de, Ukrayna'nın yolsuzluğa yaklaşımıyla ilgili endişeler hiçbir vakit tamamen ortadan kalkmadı. Çatışma kaosu - oldukca sayıda süratli tedarik, birçok elden geçen fon ve araç-gereç akışı - potansiyel rüşvet için verimli alanlar olma eğilimindedir ve mevcut sorunları şiddetlendirebilir. Bu, savaşın nerede olduğu yada savaşı kimin yapmış olduğu mühim değil. Ukrayna bir kural dışı değildir. Ukrayna hükümetinin sarsıntıları hakkında bildiklerimiz Son değişim, birkaç değişik skandalla bağlantılı görünüyor. Kim bilir en yüksek profilli iddia, ilk olarak Ukrayna medya kuruluşu ZN.UA'da bildirilen, Ukrayna Müdafa Bakanlığı'nın Kiev'de besin fiyatlarının iki ila üç katı kadar daha çok ödeme icra eden bir sözleşme imzaladığı iddiasıdır. Müdafa Bakanı Oleksiy Reznikov, bunun "teknik bir hata" bulunduğunu söyleyerek iddiaları reddetti ve sızıntının Ukrayna'yı baltalamak amacıyla Batılı bağışçıların bir toplantısına denk geldiğini ileri sürdü. Bakanlık yapmış olduğu açıklamada, "Kamusal alanı işgal eden yiyecek servisi müşterilerinin içinde ne olduğu ile alakalı bilgiler kasıtlı manipülasyon ve yanıltma işaretleri ile yayılıyor" dedi. Bakanlık, bununla birlikte bir iç denetim yürütüyor olmasına karşın, "kasıtlı olarak yanlış bilgilerin yayılması" hakkında soruşturma başlattığını söylemiş oldu. İhale iddialarına cevap olarak, Ukrayna Ulusal Yolsuzlukla Savaşım Bürosu (NABU) kendi soruşturmasını kamuoyuna duyurdu. Salı günü, Müdafa Bakan Yardımcısı Viacheslav Shapovalov'un "yiyecek hizmetlerinin satın alınmasıyla ilgili bir suçlama kampanyası sonucunda Ukrayna Silahlı Kuvvetlerinin istikrarlı arzına bir tehdit oluşturmamak" amacıyla görevden alınmak istediği bildirildi. Sadece Ukrayna hükümetinin sarsılması bunun ötesine geçiyor. Salı günü Timoşenko, Zelenskyy'nin yakın bir yardımcısı, "kendi iradesiyle" bulunduğunu söyleyerek istifasını deklare etti. Timoşenko, harp esnasında oldukça halka açık bir role sahipti ve Ukrayna medyası geçen yıl onun kişisel kullanımı için insani amaçlarla bağışlanan bir SUV kullandığını bildirdi (bu haberi yalan olduğunu beyan etti). Aralık ayında başka bir soruşturma, Timoşenko'nun pahalı bir spor otomobil kullandığını ve önde gelen bir iş adamına ilişkin bir malikaneyi kiraladığını öne sürdü - harp zamanında bir hükümet görevlisi için heybetli aksesuarlar. Timoşenko, evi hava saldırılarının hedef almış olduğu bir bölgede olduğundan kiraladığını söylemiş oldu. Başsavcı yardımcısı Oleksiy Symonenko da harp esnasında 10 günlük bir dinlence için İspanya'ya gittiğine dair geçen ay Ukrayna medyasında çıkan haberler sonrasında görevden alındı. Pazartesi günü Zelenskyy, tüm hükümet yetkililerinin resmi işler haricinde herhangi bir nedenle ülkeyi terk etmesini yasakladı. Bu yüksek profilli görevden almalara ek olarak, Kiev ve Herson Oblastlarındakiler de dahil olmak suretiyle birkaç başka bakan yardımcısı ve bölge valisi de görevden alındı. Kyiv Independent'a gore, bu yetkililerden bazıları yolsuzluğa bulaşmış, ötekiler ise vazife değişikliğine hemen hemen yakalanmış şeklinde görünüyor. Bu kargaşa bununla birlikte Ukrayna'nın altyapı bakan yardımcısı Vasyl Lozinskyi'nin, Ukraynalıların ertesi kışa dayanmasına destek olmak için jeneratörler de dahil olmak suretiyle yardım alımına gitmesi amaçlanan 400.000 $ (320.000 £) çaldırmış olduğu yönündeki Ukraynalı savcıların iddialarının peşinden kovulmasından günler sonrasında geldi. Rus saldırıları enerji altyapısına büyük zarar verdi. İddialar hakkında yorum yapmadı. Ukrayna yolsuzluğu, savaştan bir yıl sonrasında tekrardan odak noktası Iyi mi ki Ukrayna'nın Moskova'ya karşı direnişi, temel yönetim zayıflıklarının tümünü ortadan kaldırmayacaksa, birkaç işten çıkarma ve çekilme da Ukrayna'daki yaygın yolsuzluğu yada hukukun üstünlüğü sorunlarını çözmeyecek. Daha büyük bir sual, bu son yolsuzluk örneklerinin ne kadar yaygın olduğu ve görevden almaların ve istifaların artık gerçek ve devamlı bir baskıyı mı temsil etmiş olduğu yoksa daha oldukca siyasal bir değişim ve Batılı ortaklara ve Ukrayna halkına itimat vermek için bir kamu şovu mu olduğu. Zelenskyy'nin bir yardımcısı, hamlelerin hükümetin herhangi bir dönüş yapmayacağını gösterdiğini tweetledi. "kör gözler" kötülüklere Gene de bazı eleştirmenler bunun daha oldukca siyasal bir sarsıntı bulunduğunu ve yolsuzlukla suçlanan öteki politikacıların görevlerinde kaldığını öne sürdüler. 2021'de Internasyonal Şeffaflık Örgütü, Ukrayna'yı yolsuzluk açısından 180 ülke içinde 122. sıraya yerleştirerek onu en fena suçlulardan biri haline getirdi. Rusya'nın işgalinin arifesinde bile ABD ve Avrupalı ​​ortaklar, yolsuzlukla savaşım ve hukukun üstünlüğü reformlarını uygulaması için Zelenskyy'ye baskı hayata geçirmeye devam ettiler. Bu çağrılar harp başladığında durmadı, sadece odak noktası, meşru bir nedenle, Ukrayna'nın Rusya'ya karşı direnişini desteklemek ve Kiev'e askeri, insani ve ekonomik yardım sağlamaktı. 169 yolsuzlukla savaşım uzmanının katılmış olduğu bir ankete gore, Ukrayna içinde de, hükümeti en büyük eleştirenlerden bazıları enerjilerini daha büyük harp çabalarına yönlendirdi. Nisan 2022'de cevap verdi. Ortalama yüzde 47'si, çatışma esnasında yolsuzlukla savaşım etmeye devam etmeleri halinde kendilerini tehlikede hissettiklerini bildirdi. Bu, elbet, savaşın ve çatışmanın yolsuzluğu derinleştirmesinin nedenidir. Ukrayna bir devlet olarak varlığı için savaşıyor, bu yüzden naturel olarak her şeyden ilkin öncelik bu. Devlet kaynakları, dikkati ve finansmanı bunun için seferber ediliyor, bu da yolsuzlukla savaşım çabalarının ve hukukun üstünlüğü reformlarının bir kenara bırakılması anlamına geliyor. Bunun da ötesinde, harp, hesap verebilirlik ve nezaret mevzusunda daha azca vakit ve dikkat gerektiren yolsuzluk için pek oldukca fırsat yaratır. Batı bir kez daha Ukrayna'ya büyük oranda tabanca göndermek için hazırlanırken, son iddialar savaşın ortalama bir yılına denk geliyor - şu anda gelişmiş olduğu bildirilen ABD tankları da dahil. Yalnızca ABD, askeri, güvenlik ve ekonomik yardım dahil olmak suretiyle Ukrayna'ya ortalama 100 milyar dolar katkıda bulunmuş oldu. Kiel Dünya Ekonomisi Enstitüsü'ne gore, Kasım ayı itibarıyla Avrupa ülkeleri ve AB kurumları Ukrayna'ya 51 milyar Euro'dan fazla yardım sözü verdi. Harp uzadıkça, bazı Batılı milletvekilleri Ukrayna'ya akan yardımın miktarını sorguluyor ve her şeyin nereye gittiği mevzusunda daha çok hesap verebilirlik çağrısında bulunuyor. Buna, ABD Meclisi'ndeki yeni yemin etmiş Cumhuriyetçi çoğunluğun bir kısmı da dahildir. Kiev, Rusya'ya karşı mücadelesinde dış desteğe güveniyor ve tekrarlanan kötüye kullanım ipuçları bunu tehlikeye atabilir, bu yüzden Kiev'in cevap vermek için süratli hareket etmesi şaşırtıcı değil. Ve bu kim bilir en büyük sorulardan biri: Bunun ne kadarı optik için ve bu yolsuzluk vaatlerine daha derin bir bağlılığı ne kadar yansıtıyor? ABD, Ukrayna'yı bu hamleleri yapmış olduğu için övdü, sadece pek oldukca şey soruşturmaların iyi mi sonuçlanacağına ve neleri ortaya çıkaracağına bağlı olacak. Gene de Ukrayna'nın dünyaya - ve harp için oldukca şey feda eden mahalli bir seyirci kitlesine - sinyal verme çabaları, öteki yetkililer için hala bir uyarı niteliği taşıyor.
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Ucraina, rimpasto ai vertici per corruzione: rimossi 6 viceministri, 5 governatori e il numero due dello staff Zelensky
ODESSA – Un terremoto politico sta attraversando Kiev in questi giorni: le dimissioni del vice capo dell’ufficio presidenziale, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, e del viceministro della Difesa, Vyacheslav Shapovalov, sono l’inizio dell’ondata di licenziamenti e di nomine con cui il presidente Zelensky vuole rinsaldare le fila alla vigilia di una fase decisiva nel conflitto, quella cioè della probabile avanzata…
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COVID-19/Chernobyl Post Ahead:
“The Chernobyl plant staff were genuine heroes that night in the true sense of the word,” Leatherbarrow writes. “They did not flee when they could have. Instead, they selflessly stayed at their posts.”
34 years ago, in a little under an hour and a half, reactor four exploded. If you are a traveler of Europe, have friends who live there, or have ever dreamed of visiting its wonder, you owe these people. Every one of them. Never let them be forgotten.
Aleksandr Akimov. Anatoly Baranov. Vyacheslav Brazhnik. Viktor Degtyarenko. Vasily Ignatenko. Yekaterina Ivanenko. Valery Khodemchuk. Viktor Kibenok. Yuri Konoval. Aleksandr Kudryavtsev. Anatoly Kurguz. Aleksandr Lelechenko. Viktor Lopatyuk. Klavdia Luzganova. Aleksandr Novyk. Ivan Orlov. Konstantin Perchuk. Valery Perevozchenko. Georgi Popov. Vladimir Pravik. Viktor Proskuryakov. Vladimir Savenkov. Anatoly Shapovalov. Vladimir Shashenok. Anatoly Sitnikov. Leonid Telyatnikov. Vladimir Tishura. Nikolai Titenok. Leonid Toptunov. Nikolai Vashchuk. Yuri Vershynin.
And to the hundreds of thousands of liquidators who worked tirelessly in the months that followed; thank you.
Let’s not alienate one another based on where we come from, or who’s to blame for this pandemic. Look at this list of names. COVID-19 has taken far more than this from us, and yet we continue to let the media divide us as nations, target the entire Asian community, and blame our various generations.
Stay home, stay safe, and do right by the people in our hospitals who are working on the front lines. Any time you choose to ignore the science, you’re hurting your own family. Your own friends.
Do right by this list of names, and your friends and family who work in health care. Stay home.
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I decided to compile a list of all the people who died directly because of Chernobyl, or as a result of. If anything is wrong, please feel free to let me know and I can change it. If anyone isn’t on it, again let me know! Feel free to add as you wish.
Aleksandr Akimov (11th May, 1986)
Anatoly I. Baranov (20th May, 1986)
Vyacheslav S. Brazhnik (14th May, 1986)
Viktor M. Degtyarenko (19th May, 1986)
Vasily I. Ignatenko (13th May, 1986)
Yakaterina A. Ivanenko (26th May, 1986)
Valery I. Khodemchuk (26th April, 1986)
Viktor M. Kibenok (11th May, 1986)
Yuriy I. Konoval (28th May, 1986)
Aleksandr Kudryavtsev (14th May, 1986)
Aleksandr G. Lelechenko (7th May, 1986)
Viktor I. Lopatyuk (17th May, 1986)
Klavdia I. Luzganova (31st July, 1986)
Oleksandr V. Novyk (26th July, 1986)
Kostyantyn H. Perchuk (20th May, 1986)
Valeriy I. Perevozchenko (18th June, 1986)
Georgi I. Popov (13th June, 1986)
Vladimir Pravik (11th May, 1986)
Viktor V. Proskuryakov (17th May, 1986)
Vlodomyr I. Savenkov (21st May, 1986)
Anatoliy I. Shapovalov (19th May, 1986)
Vladimir N. Shashenok (26th April, 1986)
Anatoly A. Sitnikov (30th May, 1986)
Leonid Telyatnikov (2nd December, 2004)
Volodymyr I. Tischura (10th May, 1986)
Nikolai I. Titenok (16th May, 1986)
Leonid F. Toptunov (14th May, 1986)
Mykola V. Vashchuk (14th May, 1986)
Yuriy A. Vershynin (21st June, 1986)
Anatoly K. Kurguz (1986)
Ivan L. Orlov (1986)
Aleksandr Yuvchenko (2008) [Not officially counted in the deaths]
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mariacallous · 1 year
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Since January, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky embarked on an ambitious overhaul of his ministerial cabinet and presidential staff. Oleksiy Arestovych, a communications advisor to the administration, was one of the first to leave. Eleven other senior officials and governors followed suit, including former Deputy Defense Minister Vyacheslav Shapovalov and deputy chief of staff Kyrylo Tymoshenko. By February, Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov, too, was rumored to be leaving his seat soon, admitting stoically to the press that “no official is eternal in his seat.” Ukrainian politics scholar Konstantin Skorkin explains what’s happening in the Ukrainian government, and what effect this will all have on Ukraine’s chances of winning the war against Russia.
How Oleksiy Reznikov became defense minister, and why he may have to leave
Oleksiy Reznikov grew up and started his legal career in Lviv, where he worked with the country’s leading law firms on some of the landmark cases of recent Ukrainian history. In 2004 (the time of the Orange Revolution, provoked by the presidential election falsified in favor of Viktor Yanukovych), Reznikov was part of the legal team that represented the pro-Western presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko, compelling the Supreme Court to order a second vote, in which Yushchenko won by an eight-percent margin.
After the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity, Reznikov became deputy mayor of Kyiv under Vitali Klitshchko, organizing the Kyiv Eurovision Song Contest in 2017. When Volodymyr Zelensky became president in 2019, Reznikov joined the staff of Andriy Yermak, who served as assistant to the president and later his chief of staff. In 2019–2020, Reznikov took part in the “three-way contact group” for regulating the Donbas conflict. Later, in 2020–2021, he served as the country’s vice-premier for reintegrating the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula and the Donbas. In November 2021, he was made defense minister.
Despite his purely civilian credentials, Reznikov applied himself extremely well in his new position, particularly in wartime. His great accomplishment was in building a rapport with Ukraine’s Western partners and organizing military aid to Ukraine. It was Reznikov who took part in the talks at Ramstein Air Base, which led to an agreement between Germany, Poland, and other NATO members to deliver Leopard tanks to Ukraine.
Reznikov knew how to establish good relationships, both with Ukraine’s Army command and with colleagues abroad. According to military expert Ivan Stupak, Reznikov can telephone U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at all hours, simply because the two of them “see eye to eye.” Similarly, he won over Ukrainian Chief of Command Valeriy Zaluzhny by making a “pact” with him: “We agreed,” Reznikov himself admitted, “that I wouldn’t lecture him on how to fight.” “I’m not an artillery man,” he confessed. “I’m an attorney, a lawyer working as defense minister.”
Reznikov’s career stumbled with a corruption scandal that began on January 21, when the Ukrainian news outlet Zerkalo published an investigation on army purchasing, exposing a procurement scheme in which the Defense Ministry paid double and triple the market prices for certain army provisions. Two days later, Reznikov responded to the publication, accusing the journalists of “manipulating” the facts at a critical moment just before the Ramstein meeting. Later, he would admit that this was a “communicative failure.” Nevertheless, anti-corruption activists accused the minister of protecting the scheme’s perpetrators.
On January 24, Vyacheslav Shapovalov, the deputy defense minister for supply, resigned from his post. Shortly afterward, Ukraine’s State Security Service arrested two entrepreneurs involved in the corrupt procurement scheme. Two other Defense Ministry officials are now under investigation, as well. Bohdan Khmelnytsky, formerly responsible for procurement, is also suspected of embezzling close to $3 million through the purchase of substandard bulletproof vests for soldiers. Volodymyr Tereshchenko, the deputy foreign trade coordinator, is similarly suspected of misappropriating $1.3 million in budgetary funds.
While Reznikov himself has not been accused of direct involvement, he admits responsibility for the actions of his employees and says that he is ready to leave his post if Zelensky orders it. The probability of his resignation is fairly high. Zelensky must remember the lesson of 2019, when corruption scandals in the Defense Ministry cost Petro Poroshenko his presidency, and when Zelensky himself promised voters that he would not permit such profiteering.
At the same time, Oleksiy Reznikov has a powerful patron in Zelensky’s office. Andriy Yermak is now trying to stall the process of Reznikov’s removal. Still, the war has sensitized Ukrainian society to corruption, and Zelensky will likely need to demonstrate resolve. The proximity of the rumored Russian offensive is another factor in the situation: once it begins, it will be too late for staff changes.
What about Kyrylo Budanov? Is he a good candidate for defense minister?
Reznikov’s likeliest successor as defense minister is the current head of Ukraine’s defense intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov. The 37-year-old general has gained a great deal of popularity since the start of Russia’s invasion. His biography includes intelligence work in the Crimea and heading the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate since August 2020. In November 2021, Budanov predicted that Russia would launch an invasion in late January 2022. Although at that time Ukraine’s leadership treated his forecast with skepticism, Budanov’s stock rose considerably after February 24. The Ukrainian news outlet NV now lists him among Ukraine’s most influential military figures.
Budanov also has a good reputation abroad. His regular interviews with major publications like The Washington Post and ABC News suggest that he is capable of continuing Reznikov’s work of negotiating military aid from Western partners. The bigger question is where Budanov would be more valuable: as a negotiator at the Defense Ministry’s helm or in defense intelligence, where he is now.
But there is a further complication with appointing Budanov as defense minister. According to a law passed by Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada in 2018, only a civilian official can become defense minister. This means that, prior to this appointment, Budanov would have to retire from the military completely. The only alternative would be to amend the law itself. Either of these alternatives would take time, and it isn’t clear how long the two key defense organizations — the Defense Ministry and the Intelligence Directorate — can tolerate being without clear leadership, especially in wartime.
What else is happening with Zelensky’s administration?
Ferment in the Defense Ministry is provoking conflicts inside the Zelensky administration. Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak favors keeping Reznikov at the helm of the Defense Ministry, while the head of Zelensky’s own party, Davyd Arakhamia, backs Budanov. (It was Arakhamia who preemptively announced Budanov’s successorship as a fait accompli.)
Arakhamia may hope to increase his own political clout by shaping high-level cadre decisions, possibly to counter the parliament’s diminished role in wartime Ukrainian politics. Political scientist Yuriy Romanenko also suggests that Arakhamia and his Defense Ministry appointee Yury Gusev may not be on the warmest terms with Oleksiy Reznikov.
In any event, this kind of friction around the defense minister’s post is indicative of serious turbulence in the administration, where consolidation in the early days of the invasion has given way to something quite different: cadre chaos and a struggle between interest groups.
On the eve of another anticipated Russian offensive, Zelensky is trying to impose order on his team through an anti-corruption campaign, hoping to reinvigorate the administration and meet the expectations of both Ukrainian society and the country’s military partners abroad. Given the volumes of incoming U.S. and European military supplies, it is critical to show that this aid will go exactly where it’s intended, instead of being funneled off by corrupt officials.
One way or another, changes in the Defense Ministry aren’t likely to be finalized this week: before new leadership is confirmed, there are behind-the-scenes conversations still to be had.
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Les États-Unis semblent prêts à lancer un processus qui finirait par envoyer des dizaines de leurs chars de combat M1 Abrams en Ukraine, ont rapporté les médias américains.dans un renversement qui pourrait avoir des implications importantes pour les efforts de Kyiv pour repousser les forces russes. Cette décision fait suite à des informations publiées mardi selon lesquelles Berlin a succombé à d'énormes pressions internationales et nationales et s'apprêtait à annoncer qu'elle enverrait des chars de fabrication allemande en Ukraine.et permettre aux autres pays de faire de même. La décision devrait être prise officiellement mercredi et le chancelier allemand, Olaf Scholz, devrait être interrogé au Bundestag. le matin dans un débat susceptible d'être dominé par la décision char. Le secrétaire général de l'Otan, Jens Stoltenberg, a déclaré qu'il était convaincu que l'alliance trouverait bientôt une solution, après avoir rencontré le ministre allemand de la Défense. "En ce moment charnière de la guerre, nous devons fournir des systèmes plus lourds et plus avancés à l'Ukraine, et nous devons le faire plus rapidement", a déclaré Stoltenberg. Le président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelenskiy a déclaré mardi que Kyiv avait besoin d'alliés pour décider s'ils fourniraient des chars modernes pour renforcer la défense du pays contre la Russie. Zelenskiy a déclaré que le problème n'était pas de cinq, 10 ou 15 chars, car les besoins de l'Ukraine sont plus importants, mais de prendre des décisions finales sur les livraisons réelles. "Lorsque les décisions importantes nécessaires seront prises, nous serons heureux de vous remercier pour chaque décision importante", a déclaré Zelenskiy. En Ukraine, quinze hauts responsables ont quitté leur poste depuis samedi, dont six ont fait l'objet d'allégations de corruption portées contre eux par des journalistes et les autorités anti-corruption ukrainiennes. Le chef adjoint du bureau présidentiel ukrainien, Kyrylo Timochenko, a déclaré mardi qu'il avait demandé lundi à Zelenskiy de le relever de ses fonctions dans le cadre de la vague de démissions et de limogeages du gouvernement. Le vice-ministre de la Défense Vyacheslav Shapovalov, responsable de l'approvisionnement des troupes en nourriture et en équipement, a également démissionné, citant des «accusations de corruption» des médias qui, selon lui et le ministère, sont sans fondement. Le procureur général adjoint Oleksiy Symonenko a été démis de ses fonctions et deux vice-ministres ont démissionné du ministère ukrainien du développement des communautés et des territoires. Cinq gouverneurs régionaux sont également démis de leurs fonctions : Valentyn Reznichenko, de Dnipropetrovsk, Oleksandra Starukha de Zaporizhzhia, Oleksiy Kuleba de Kyiv, Dymtro Zhivytskyi, de Sumy et Yaroslav Yanushevich, de Kherson. Kherson et Zaporizhizhia sont deux des régions d'Ukraine que la Fédération de Russie a prétendu annexer. Le Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists a réglé son horloge apocalyptique, destiné à illustrer les risques existentiels pour le monde, à 90 secondes avant minuit, le plus proche de minuit que l'horloge ait jamais été depuis son introduction en 1947. C'est "en grande partie" à cause de l'invasion de l'Ukraine par la Russie, ont-ils déclaré. L'Ukraine a suffisamment de réserves de charbon et de gaz pour les mois restants de l'hiver malgré les attaques russes répétées contre son système énergétique, a déclaré le Premier ministre Denys Shmyhal. Le ministre finlandais des Affaires étrangères, Pekka Haavisto, a signalé une éventuelle pause dans les discussions avec la Turquie sur les ambitions finlandaises de rejoindre l'OTAN aux côtés de la Suède, qui, selon lui, est due à la pression des prochaines élections en Turquie. Les partisans du chef de l'opposition russe emprisonné Alexei Navalny se sont réunis mardi pour une manifestation à Berlin pour souligner les conditions de détention en Russie dans lesquelles il est détenu. La Russie
ne prévoit pas de reconstruire l'aciérie d'Azovstal à Marioupol qui ont été le théâtre de bombardements intensifs au cours des premières semaines de l'invasion russe de l'Ukraine l'année dernière. Les responsables du football russe ont rencontré mardi leurs homologues de l'UEFA alors qu'ils tentaient de négocier le retour de la Russie dans le football international en Europe. Il est interdit par l'Uefa et la Fifa depuis l'invasion de l'Ukraine.
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Dimissioni al vertice del governo Zelensky
   Ondata di dimissioni oggi al vertice del governo ucraino:  il vice ministro della Difesa Vyacheslav Shapovalov, il vice capo dell’ufficio presidenziale Kyrylo Tymoshenko, il vice ministro per lo sviluppo della comunità Ivan Lukerya, il suo collega nel dicastero Vyacheslav Negoda,  e il vice procuratore generale Oleksiy Simonenko hanno annunciato oggi che rinunciano ai loro incarichi. E i media…
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Kiev, si dimette viceministro delle Difesa Shapolov
(ANSA) – ROMA, 24 GEN – Si è dimesso il vice ministro della Difesa ucraino Vyacheslav Shapovalov. Lo riportano i media ucraini citando il sito web del Ministero della Difesa di Kiev.    Secondo la nota ufficiale, Shapovalov ha chiesto di lasciare il suo incarico per non “creare minacce alle Forze armate in seguito alle accuse sull’acquisto dei servizi di ristorazione”.    Anche il vice ministro…
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