Zelenskyy’s corruption crackdown plan raises cover-up fears (www.politico.eu)

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By equating corruption to treason, Zelenskyy’s office is manipulating the public’s desire for justice, said Vitaly Shabunin, head of the Anti-Corruption Action Center (Antac), a Ukrainian nongovernmental organization that monitors graft. In reality, Shabunin added, Zelenskyy’s office is pursuing other goals: to protect high-level officials from corruption charges and obtain tools to destroy opponents.

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[-] MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works 65 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

OP is known tankie just fyi. Doesn't justify US or Ukrainian actions but make sure you understand that the reason for posting this isn't out of any actual concern for human beings. They're also peddling covid conspiracies

[-] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 year ago

Thank you. I hate tankies.

[-] Skyline969@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

I’ve heard this term on Lemmy and pretty much nowhere else. What is a tankie?

[-] FaeDrifter@midwest.social 11 points 1 year ago

Authoritarian communist, it can be hard to pin down what they stand for, because they aren't clear on much except, "death to America", and a hatred of capitalism (understandable tbh). They tend to be pro-Russia and pro-China.

I've heard the term a while, but lemmy is the first time I actually interacted with any.

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

It's such a broken mindset. They just want to trade one set of chains for another. China and Russia aren't even communist anymore. They are both capitalist with totalitarian characteristics.