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Leaked U.S. strategy on Ukraine sees corruption as the real threat (www.politico.com)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Russia actually ranks worse in Transparency International's Corruption Index.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Oh absolutely, I just didn't include them in "Europe".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The war has ironically probably helped combat corruption because it's taken a ton of power away from oligarchs by robbing them of their foreign currency assets.