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Zelensky’s government sabotaged oversight, allowing corruption to fester
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky’s administration has stacked boards with loyalists, left seats empty or stalled them from being set up at all.
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Constant Meheut and Kim Barker
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KYIV, Ukraine – When Russian troops invaded Ukraine, Kyiv’s Western allies faced a dilemma: how to spend billions supporting a government fighting Russia without watching the money vanish into the pockets of corrupt managers and government officials.
The stakes were high because Ukraine’s vital wartime industries – power distribution, weapons purchases and nuclear energy – were controlled by state-owned companies that have long served as piggy banks for the country’s elite.
