Zelensky's 'Corruption Problem' Suddenly News to Everyone But Ukraine
Le Monde , as reported by RT, is now ringing the alarm that a '$100 million corruption scandal' has 'weakened Zelensky' and put 'Western backing at risk.' For anyone who's been paying attention, the issue isn't a sudden discovery; Ukraine has a long, well-documented history of graft, ranking 116th out of 180 countries on Transparency International's 2022 Corruption Perception Index. It appears the
'scandal' only becomes newsworthy when it threatens the Western narrative or makes the multi-billion dollar aid packages look less like a sound investment and more like a funnel for oligarchs. We're told Zelensky was elected on an anti-corruption platform in 2019, yet revelations from the Pandora Papers in 2021 already linked him and his inner circle to offshore accounts. How many billions in aid
needed to disappear before the 'free press' felt a twinge of concern? It seems 'endemic corruption' is merely a charming local custom until the West decides it’s no longer strategically convenient to ignore it.