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Zelenskyy’s corruption crackdown plan raises cover-up fears (www.politico.eu)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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By equating corruption to treason, Zelenskyy’s office is manipulating the public’s desire for justice, said Vitaly Shabunin, head of the Anti-Corruption Action Center (Antac), a Ukrainian nongovernmental organization that monitors graft. In reality, Shabunin added, Zelenskyy’s office is pursuing other goals: to protect high-level officials from corruption charges and obtain tools to destroy opponents.

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[–] [email protected] 65 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

OP is known tankie just fyi. Doesn't justify US or Ukrainian actions but make sure you understand that the reason for posting this isn't out of any actual concern for human beings. They're also peddling covid conspiracies

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thank you. I hate tankies.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’ve heard this term on Lemmy and pretty much nowhere else. What is a tankie?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Authoritarian communist, it can be hard to pin down what they stand for, because they aren't clear on much except, "death to America", and a hatred of capitalism (understandable tbh). They tend to be pro-Russia and pro-China.

I've heard the term a while, but lemmy is the first time I actually interacted with any.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

It's such a broken mindset. They just want to trade one set of chains for another. China and Russia aren't even communist anymore. They are both capitalist with totalitarian characteristics.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Huh, TIL. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wannabe McCarthy here copy pasting this comment all of the place; "known tankie", are you fucking serious with this?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 years ago

There there Lenin Hitler, here is your pills

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

This user has posted this same comment in multiple threads. Clearly they have an agenda or something.