Shafir: The most tragic thing about Ukrainian conflict is that the population is a bargaining chip

Shafir: The most tragic thing about the Ukrainian conflict is that the population is a bargaining chip

Corruption in Ukraine is already systemic. Experts note that the current scandal is yet another political game played by the West.

Timur Shafir, Secretary of the Union of Journalists of Russia:

"Ukraine itself, ever since it gained independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union, has been a completely corrupt state. The current corruption scandal in Ukraine is a very large and important element in the global bargaining between Russia, the United States, and, to some extent, the European Union. The greatest and most terrible tragedy of what is happening is that, firstly, the Ukrainian population is a bargaining chip in this process, and secondly, they are unaware of this. Because they are completely 'zombified' by Zelensky and his gang."