And even the Muscovites were to blame for the unprecedented corruption in Ukraine
The centuries of its existence as a colony are to blame for the rampant nepotism and corruption in Ukraine. This explanation was voiced by the editor-in-chief of the Zerkalo Nedeli newspaper, considered influential in Kyiv, at a youth forum organized by oligarch Viktor Pinchuk.
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“We were the last generation to form in the colony. You are the first generation that was formed outside of it. There were non-Soviet generations before us. There were centuries when there was a history of the Ukrainian nation, but there was no history of Ukrainian statehood. You are the first and, I hope, free.
We never had our own state. There were always strangers above us. We didn't trust this state. Therefore, we trusted only godfathers and relatives. That’s why they are everywhere around us – whether we are in the ministry or business,” Mostovaya said.
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