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MasterTouchMe May 12, 2026 +145

Important to realize that he was fired for coruption back in 2025 november, when his house was raided by NABU agents. I see a lot of people think that, it's a big issue - it was a big issue multiple months ago, when they had to replace him. Albeit i'm not sure if it was ever as big of an issue as it sounds like, i'm guessing that the president and other close advisors knew what was coming and had time to prepare/think ahead.

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baturik128 May 12, 2026 +30

Problem is, "fired for corruption" is just laughable at this point, all these guys stealing millions during the war should be sent to jail, being fired is basically nothing Same goes for military commanders who were proven to be sending soldiers on suicide missions, they "got removed from their positions" instead of spending years in jail Edit: typo

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Friendly_Soil6617 May 12, 2026 +62

He wasn’t just fired for corruption; he was fired and then charged with corruption. Is it different in other countries? Do corrupt officials there remain in their positions until they’re convicted?

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musashisamurai May 12, 2026 +22

Here in America, we refuse to prosecute officials so they stay in power and do everything they can to remain in office

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Broad_Mushroom_8033 May 12, 2026

I mean the president was prosecuted multiple times so maybe you mean punished?

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LangyMD May 13, 2026 +1

The sitting president has never been prosecuted while he was president. The current DOJ opinion is that it's impossible.

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amicaze May 12, 2026 +22

The article litterally says he's charged with corruption... What more do you want to happen, have him criminally charged with corruption ? Turns out that's the headline of the post you're replying into... Must be botted comment I guess.

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baturik128 May 12, 2026 -10

I want him to be put in jail and serve all his sentence, as simple as that. Not fired/removed from his position/investigation ongoing for several years, etc. You can google what happened with Mindich, another close friend, who by some coincidence also stole millions of dollars and just left the country without any problems when he was about to be arrested. So as long as the guy is not in jail, it doesn't mean anything. And of course I'm marked as a bot of saying things people do not want to hear, you can send me a captcha if you want lol

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amicaze May 12, 2026 +9

Yeah well everyone is entitled to a trial. If someone fled the country, I don't see how that relates to the fact everyone is entitled to a trial. Ukraine can find him later.

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rrv2391 May 12, 2026 -5

Sadly it's not a millions lol. Mostly it's billions for some of them

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baturik128 May 12, 2026 -2

Depends on what currency you are using lol, millions in USD convert into billions in UAH. In any case, firing him is not much of a punishment, the guy stole enough money to last his whole lifetime + several generations of his family

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MasterTouchMe May 12, 2026 -10

Ofc there will be opportunists, that will try to steal. But imo, at this moment it isn't really worth it to prosecute them or stuff like that.

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baturik128 May 12, 2026 +7

Bruh what are you talking about 😭 Another close friend of the president stole 100mil that were supposed to be spent on protecting our energy infrastructure from rocket attacks, which resulted in probably the worst and coldest winter so far, people freezing in their houses and pipes exploding and now I'm reading "it's not really worth it to prosecute them"

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MasterTouchMe May 12, 2026 -6

Ofc it's not worth to prosecute them in the middle of war, he probably still has influence, it could turn into a disaster at worst and at best a waste of even more resources, because if he was scummy enough to do that, he for sure wont just give up and hand himself in.

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baturik128 May 12, 2026 +4

Not sure what your plan is, should we wait for 2-3-5 more years for the war to end and all this time he will be walking free?

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MasterTouchMe May 12, 2026 -4

I just think it's much less of a risk to wait. The money is gone, only thing you get for prosecuting is emotional relief and (again) you risk the stuff i previously mentioned.

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FunkyCredo May 12, 2026 +4

He was not fired he resigned and this did not happen immediately instead zelenskiy team tried really hard to wait and hope that the scandal would blow over

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MasterTouchMe May 12, 2026

Dam, if this is true, i wonder the reason, was he such a close friend to a lot of them? Maybe they didn't want to lose him? Maybe they waited to collect evidence first? Sounds fishy af tho if true

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FunkyCredo May 12, 2026 +5

The whole situation is not completely clear but Zelenskiy seems to prefer to operate through close confidants and ignores any and all criticism of them. Whether its because of naked corruption or ridiculous amount of bias and ignorance is not clear About a year ago Zelenskiy was asked a difficult question on stage about an official in his cabinet who is alleged to be corrupt and russian collaborator in the past. He went so hard defending him to the point of ridicule and made some shit up about him being a heroic defender of kyiv during first days of invasion etc Bottom line its puzzling how he keeps questionable company and seems ignorant of it

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Suspicious_Divide564 May 12, 2026 +6

Zelensky is in a unenviable position. He is a leader kind of stuck in this duty, for better or worse, haunted and stalked by Russia as a state and its assassins. It is not so unreasonable to think he may feel he needs to hold on to those that he trusts. Even though they may have failed in a personal capacity, they may still be useful in the context. But when they fail in this way it makes it especially painful as there are no good options. Cut away someone you trust and replace with uncertainty, or try to hold on for the aforementioned reasons and risk real problems with optics and lack of accountability and justice.

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MasterTouchMe May 12, 2026 -2

Tbh, for now it's working. I'm guessing he's not perfect aswell and even if they're corrupt, maybe he feels safer (?) With them. This is pure speculation on my part lol

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HeavySpec1al May 12, 2026 +5

working so well they're having to resign and then getting convicted

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MasterTouchMe May 12, 2026

Never said it's working well

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Red_black_flag_07 May 12, 2026 -2

First of all, it is important to realize that you don't need to lie stupidly and fantasize. Yermak was not fired for corruption, as you lie. Write the truth.

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anachronistic_circus May 12, 2026 +2

Well technically resigned [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg9nd2wddno](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg9nd2wddno)

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MasterTouchMe May 12, 2026 +1

Can you tell me what the truth is, i thought stealing money is corruption

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Red_black_flag_07 May 12, 2026 -4

We're now saying you're lying. And anyone can verify that.

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MasterTouchMe May 12, 2026

Bro what 😭😭, i legit dno what i said wrong. I'm not trying to argue or anything, i'm legit curious

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Red_black_flag_07 May 12, 2026 +2

When suspicions arose that Yermak might be involved in corruption, he submitted a letter of resignation. And he was fired. But not for corruption, as you're lying. No charges were brought against him at the time. The current charges still need to be brought to trial, which is highly doubtful.

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MasterTouchMe May 12, 2026 +1

Ok, so just start with that, it's a classic play that officials resign on their own. Tbh i think this is worse than being fired.

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Red_black_flag_07 May 12, 2026 +1

To fire someone for corruption, you need a court order. That's how the law works. People aren't fired based on someone else's lies and fantasies. That's what happened to you. The saddest thing is that later, some people will quote your lies.

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goettel May 11, 2026 +344

A functioning judicial system, one neighbour in particular should take note.

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EsperaDeus May 12, 2026 +34

NABU has a distinctive institutional setup: it is a Ukrainian state law-enforcement body, but it was designed to operate with a high degree of independence from day-to-day government control. So it’s not quite accurate to say “the Ukrainian government is behind it” in the usual political sense.

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BMW_wulfi May 12, 2026 +9

That sounds like a bare essential for an anti corruption department tbh.

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Sothisismylifehuh May 12, 2026 +8

Tell that to the US

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BMW_wulfi May 12, 2026 +4

Well yeah. Excellent case study in how checks and balances can be gamed and undermined to a point where you can just start doing bad shit openly and ngaf.

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Argues_with_ignorant May 11, 2026 +31

Just one?

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goettel May 11, 2026 +43

In particular.

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Argues_with_ignorant May 11, 2026 +10

Can't tell if you mean hungary, Belarus, or Russia.

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LessCockroach7323 May 11, 2026 +15

You can put Romania on the table too

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SpiroG May 12, 2026 +6

Ha, you can put every single Balkan country on that list and you're still short more countries than you can count on both hands. I know, I know, it says "neighbour"... but I'm okay with expanding the definition *just this once, pretty please*.

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nlk72 May 11, 2026 +8

Turkey?

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goettel May 11, 2026 +2

The one that produces the most corpses.

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quarteretarded May 11, 2026

Turkey?

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MrInfected2 May 12, 2026 -8

Denmark?

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Much-Farmer-2752 May 11, 2026 +29

Functioning how? How many of previous corruption cases at Ukraine ended up at least with a some jail term? Not with "oh, he fled abroad" or "well, he just resigned, he's a good man, let's not push it further"?

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zoobrix May 11, 2026 +72

And how many cases did no one ever hear about because everybody else that knew was on the take themsleves? Ukraine has a big corruption problem but the response to a senior official actually facing consequences should be "it's good they're finally trying to do something," not "well people used to get away with it so who cares..." While it's important to not sugar coat the past it shouldn't be used as way of dismissing what seems like progress in the right direction.

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Patriark May 11, 2026 +9

Yes and it is based on evidence and real law. It is not personal vendetta from falling out with the inner circles of power. But the courts having independence to do their job.

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count023 May 12, 2026 +7

there's a reason Ukraine is 136th place on the global corruption index and Russia's 157... and america's dropped to 64. Turn out when you enforce laws and provide evidence, corruption goes away.

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Friendly_Soil6617 May 12, 2026 +8

From early 2022 to late 2024, more than 6,800 convictions were handed down against corrupt officials. The final number of those sentenced remains a matter of debate, as cases take a long time to make their way through the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC), since many defendants appeal their convictions. It is interesting to note that when appellants take their cases to the HACC, things sometimes turn out even worse for them. For example, the HACC amended the sentence of Roman Nasirov, the former head of the State Fiscal Service. The court ordered him to pay additional compensation for material damages in the amount of over 11 million hryvnias ($250,000). The prison sentence remained unchanged, i.e. six years in prison. 🥲

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[deleted] May 12, 2026 +10

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Friendly_Soil6617 May 12, 2026 +5

You’re just lied. From early 2022 to late 2024, more than 6,800 convictions were handed down against corrupt officials. A few days ago HACC amended the sentence of Roman Nasirov, the former head of the State Fiscal Service. The court ordered him to pay additional compensation for material damages in the amount of over 11 million hryvnias ($250,000). The prison sentence remained unchanged, i.e. six years in prison. Haters gonna hate

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sukabot_lepson May 12, 2026 +5

https://files.transparencycdn.org/images/CPI2021_Report_EN-web.pdf before the war Ukraine had 32 score of corruption index, Russia had 29. Denmark, for instance, had 88 points. I'm not sure there is something to learn from them, unless your score is something like 60 and above

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Cool_Foot_Luke May 11, 2026 -9

If you think Ukraine has, ir ever had, anything close to a functional judicial system, I have a bridge to sell you.

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Master_Positive_2772 May 11, 2026 +39

And if they were to develop one, what might the first signs of success look like? Perhaps the prosecution of the president's former right-hand?

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GunpowderGuy May 11, 2026 -21

or this is the fall guy. or he is guilty and wont suffer consequences

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Patriark May 11, 2026 +23

Could you stop wildly speculating and please provide some concrete evidence. The investigation into Yermak has been years in the making and came as a result of Ukraine actually having a real free press that is allowed to write investigative journalism during war. Yermak already has lost some of his influence as a result and now the court proceedings are progressing like expected in a real state.

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Master_Positive_2772 May 11, 2026 +6

Or it's exactly as we get told

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Cool_Foot_Luke May 12, 2026 -13

If 70-80% of the government and buraucracy is corrupt (which is a valid percentage), and always has been, prosecuting 1 guy is not an example of a functioning judiciary. If less than 1% of those being fragrantly currupt are held accountable, that is not functioning in any and every literal and colloquial definition of the word.

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Pretend_Ad2075 May 12, 2026 +3

Guess you’re just going to have to wait and see who else they get.

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Cool_Foot_Luke May 12, 2026 +1

And if they get the majority, then we can say they have a functioning judiciary. Until then, we can't. That's how things work. We can't claim thwy have something on the off chance that they may developed it in the future.

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Pretend_Ad2075 May 13, 2026 +2

Define functioning judiciary.

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Cool_Foot_Luke May 13, 2026 +1

I'm not the one who made that claim. But a functioning judicial system would be one that can fairly administer the laws of the country impartially and without corruption. Something that has never been true in the history of Ukraine. This is not an oppinion, but a hormstorical and contemporary fact. Hopefully things will change in the future.

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Pretend_Ad2075 May 13, 2026 +2

Great name a country with a functioning judiciary that meets your definition.

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Cool_Foot_Luke May 13, 2026 +1

Once again. I countered the claim that Ukraine did have a functioning judiciary. The onus is on them not me. Other countries having judicial corruption has zero bearing on whether Ukraine has a functioning judiciary. There is ample, ample, evidence of corruption in Ukraine. I've talked to and worked with many Ukranians for decades who are open about it. The corruption in Ukraine is such a part of life well over a third of people considered it an integral part of the social fabric when polled. A simple Google search will bring you up article after article, poll after poll, case after case. But you know all of this. You are not discussing this in good faith.

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TetyyakiWith May 12, 2026 +1

It’s not functional if a guy who has been stealing money for 5 years has only been charged right now

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sansaset May 11, 2026 -16

How is it functioning? This is the second major corruption probe against Yermak and what has changed exactly? It may as well be theatre for Western audiences to continue pouring billions into Ukraine. If Zelensky’s number two is corrupt what do you think of the rest of their government that western dollars are propping up?

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Ok-Anxiety8171 May 12, 2026 +2

This is not the second investigation, this is still the first. Investigations can take years, and trials can take even longer. I am as disappointed with the situation as everyone else, but the advocates of simple solutions need to whet their appetite.

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Master_Positive_2772 May 11, 2026 +5

It's Russia's billions mate, we'll happily keep throwing it at Ukraine if they want to use it to make a mockery of Putin. (Yes, I'm trolling you. My actual response is far less kind).

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Ice_Milk May 11, 2026 -15

I’d be a bit more cautious about taking Ukrainian news at face value. Zelensky isn’t exactly a pure white knight either, and there’s a real possibility that these “judicial” moves are also being used to sideline rivals. The pattern can start to look less like independent justice and more like the old Stalin‑style playbook, just dressed up for modern audiences.

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Patriark May 11, 2026 +15

This is not the case here and you are just wildly speculating.

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Honest-Estimate4964 May 11, 2026 +54

Teleport abroad in 3-2-1

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Red_black_flag_07 May 11, 2026 +13

What country does he teleport to?

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Honest-Estimate4964 May 11, 2026 +41

For Ukrainian officials who’ve been involved in corruption, it’s usually Spain. How they end up there with the borders closed is a mystery.

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opinelmavric May 11, 2026 +36

a few have fled to Israel as well

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im-cringing-rightnow May 12, 2026 +5

Mystery of "having good friends that were not yet charged with corruption".

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smltor May 12, 2026 +1

Dual passports maybe? Although Interpol must be used to that by now. I'm working on my third and once I have that CHECKMATE! Interpol... then I shall launch my corruption scheme. I probably shouldn't have said that out loud.

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Flatus_Diabolic May 12, 2026 +1

> How they end up there with the borders closed is a mystery. … corruption?

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Red_black_flag_07 May 12, 2026 -2

Has it already been proven that he is involved in corruption?

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Friendly_Soil6617 May 12, 2026 +16

Great news, especially after a former Polish minister fled to Trump to escape prosecution for corruption and spying on the opposition. And Orbán will likely flee there as well in the near future ✈️

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Patriark May 12, 2026 +8

This is a very different scenario. This guy is not a traitor but a trusted official who abused the trust and let greed tempt him to misallocate funds for his own benefit. He did not directly aid the enemy. He is not on team Trump/Putin/Orbán. He will not find refuge elsewhere.

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Friendly_Soil6617 May 12, 2026 +2

Find where I said he will. What I said is that while other bad guys in EU countries are fleeing to avoid punishment, this bad guy has been charged, and in the best-case scenario for him, he will now be placed under house arrest to prevent him from fleeing. That's definitely great news.

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haxic May 11, 2026 +50

So, Ukraine is doing its best cleaning itself up, in the meanwhile 0 arrests but lots of coverup of the Epstein files in the US

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TurboMollusk May 12, 2026 -23

They made multiple arrests.

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RustyRiggNUTS May 12, 2026 +13

Who made multiple arrest?

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EsperaDeus May 12, 2026 +4

No one so far

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TurboMollusk May 12, 2026 -6

The US? Jeffery Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell most notably.

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gul__dan May 12, 2026 +10

I think you forgot 80% of the files. Most notably your president Donald J Trump

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bigFr00t May 12, 2026 +3

Is this another one or the same dude I was reading about like a year ago

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IthacaMom2005 May 12, 2026 +5

Same one

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Bubbly-Calendar3606 May 12, 2026 +5

On one hand it's bad that he was involved, on the other it's good that he was caught and the case is moving.

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88bchinn May 11, 2026 +17

This was probably so easy to do that a bunch of people who took the temptation are gonna start to get arrested now.

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kendrick90 May 11, 2026 +8

There has been a steady stream of these kinds of reports throughout the war but this one is bigger news because of his rank. It's not a good look. One of those moments having me thinking the ukrainian and russian men might be cut from a more similar cloth than we like to admit on listnook. The difference of course being that the Ukrainians continue to crack down on it but in Russia it is the normal way of business. I suppose in the US we have the military industrial complex and lobbying so we just have legalized corruption anyways.

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Pretend_Ad2075 May 12, 2026 +9

You’re out of your mind comparing Russians to Ukrainians because the Ukrainians are arresting corrupt officials. In what world is this a bad look! A bad look would be if he wasn’t arrested. For real what is your point?

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kendrick90 May 12, 2026 +1

My point is people are people and corruption is everywhere. The bad look isn't that they are arresting people but the fact that the 2nd in command is the one implicated and that it went on for so long.

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Pretend_Ad2075 May 13, 2026 +1

That’s a poor point though. Just because people are people doesn’t mean a crime isn’t a crime. Silly statement. Oh no it went on for a while. I guess it takes time to uncover and investigate and prosecute something people are trying to hide. Seriously what is your point???

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notie547 May 12, 2026 +2

Have you seen the corruption coming out of the white house? America is surely worse than Ukraine at this point..

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pjdonovan May 11, 2026 -3

The difference between the US and other countries corruption used to be that we would actually prosecute it when it occurred. It's not that it didnt or doesn't happen.

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isthereadrwho May 11, 2026 +20

During a war boy that's going to hurt, what do they do over there firing squad?

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MasterTouchMe May 12, 2026 +12

This is old news btw, happened november 2025, when his house was raided by NABU agents or smth like that. In reality the damage has been done and accounted for, multiple months ago. Dno why this is being posted again, unless it's a new/deeper investigation, if not - then it's recycling old stuff for karma

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FunInStalingrad May 12, 2026 +6

Nothing happened then, he just resigned voluntarily. Now there are charges.

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sansaset May 11, 2026 -20

Nah first class ticket to Israel with millions of Western tax dollars in their pocket.

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ReddyReddy7 May 12, 2026 +8

Yermak is one zelensky closest friends from back when he was in the entertainment business. They're close like brothers. When zelensky became president of Ukraine, he bought yermak along for the ride.

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LLJKCicero May 12, 2026 +1

Ukraine definitely still has corruption problems. Before the war they were one of the most corrupt European countries; seems like they've been improving, but I'm sure they have a ways to go.

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lostfly May 12, 2026 +8

Corruption steals from honest citizens. It is rarely possible for the second in command to be corrupt without either the boss knowing about it or their complacency.

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maplealvon May 12, 2026 -1

So what happens when you have a whole house full of white clowns?

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lostfly May 12, 2026 +2

Citizens are paying for the tickets, but they’re getting robbed in the stands. They better demand a better show or find a new circus next time.

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Subject_Ice5167 May 11, 2026 +5

He is in ukraine or left already?

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Shiftymennoknight May 11, 2026 +7

Only $100 million?!?! Rookie numbers compared to the Trump regime 🤣

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sweetcinnamonpunch May 12, 2026 +4

I wish my country (Germany) had a corruption probe once in a while. Don't know how people spin this as an L

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Intepp May 12, 2026 +7

Nah dude, we just call it Lobbyarbeit and are fine with it....

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Informal_Process2238 May 12, 2026 +3

I’m jealous that they have more accountability for corruption than my country has

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Fearless_Ad_5470 May 11, 2026 +2

I remember that many "insiders" in Washington DC disliked Yermak quite a bit and hoped that Ukraine was only prosecuting him for corruption.

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Jazzlike-Equipment45 May 12, 2026 +2

Ukraine's history of a culture of corruption still haunts. After this is over this WILL be a big sticking point in potential EU/NATO membership. Praying to God it can be fixed.

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thebog3 May 12, 2026 +1

How is corruption, esp during wartime not treason?

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yellow_mio May 12, 2026 +1

Comme on dit dans mon pays, y’avait pas la bonne carte de membre. Ça prend la carte Famille-Privilège pour passer Go sans avoir à payer ses vacances en famille.

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Alternative-Month-61 May 12, 2026 +1

The bear ate honey? That can't be true.

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ydalv_ May 13, 2026 +1

Kinda sad that during wartime treason might have gone that high up, though I'm unaware of the details of this case. But if Ukraine is prosecuting up to this level, it's also a positive sign that Ukraine is taking fighting corruption serious.

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AdNervous9787 May 12, 2026 +1

And this ends up as usually, like sport fishing: catch, take a picture, release. "Prosecutor of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office Valentyna Hrebenyuk got into Andriy Yermak's car. She stayed there for about 10 minutes, reports the journalist "Scheme"." I fed up with this f****** fiction of judity.

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MGLP1STORE_COM May 12, 2026 -5

Typical day in Ukraine, world’s most corrupt county is corrupt? What are the odds? Sucks for all the poor and normal people fighting a war.

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tiradium May 12, 2026 -5

Lol the comments section full of pro ukr and pro rus shills. Read at your own risk

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BiggussDickkuss May 11, 2026 -11

closing in on Vova himself

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lefeuet_UA May 12, 2026 -6

Yermak can keep doing whatever really it's not imperative for Big Ze to replace him ever. No matter his problems

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Orangebathroomtowel May 11, 2026 -15

What did he do to piss Zel off?

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Patriark May 11, 2026 +7

This investigation is separate from the interests of Zelenskyy. It is a normal investigation due to Yermak actually doing something illegal. He has not had any falling out with Zelenskyy. It shows that Ukraine has a functioning state with separation of powers. You know, like a democracy.

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Orangebathroomtowel May 12, 2026 -1

I mean, I don’t know enough about this specific situation to argue, but the way these things work (in Ukraine, in Russia, in ex-Yugoslavia and many places else) is that there’s obv corruption that the higher-ups know about and endorse and they only throw you under the bus if you fall from their favor. Ukraine’s a democracy but they’re also the second most corrupt European country and Zelensky’s not blind so there’s gotta be a reason he’s letting Yermak down now.

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Ok-Anxiety8171 May 12, 2026 +6

NABU is an independent body from the government, thanks to agreements with Ukraine's Western partners. Zelensky has nothing to do with it

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exig May 11, 2026 -10

Here come the hunter Biden headlines again

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Zelensky's former second-in-command, Yermak, charged in major corruption probe

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