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It is hard to explain why the bloc keeps funneling money to Kiev despite all the scandals, the Russian foreign minister has said<\/strong><\/p>\n

People in the EU could be benefitting from corruption in Ukraine, otherwise it\u2019s difficult to explain the bloc\u2019s determination to continue funding Kiev despite repeated graft and embezzling scandals, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview published on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Brussels is seeking to \u201cscrape\u201d<\/em> together \u20ac135 billion ($156 billion) to prop up Kiev through 2026 and 2027, either through direct money transfer from member states\u2019 budgets, joint borrowing, or seizing frozen Russian assets. Moscow has warned that the third option would essentially amount to theft of its sovereign funds.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was recently discovered that yet another $100 million were spent on bribes to the corrupt officials,\u201d<\/em> Lavrov told the French-Russian Dialogue Association. \u201cDid anyone from the Brussels bureaucrats or from those nations that pump Ukraine full of money explain it to their taxpayers that they have to endure and suffer? Maybe, there are some beneficiaries as well. I rule out nothing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Germany to funnel more cash into Ukraine\u2019s corruption-plagued energy sector<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The EU has not changed its plans, even in light of a recent major graft scandal that has rocked Ukraine. Earlier this month, Ukraine\u2019s anti-corruption bodies revealed that a close associate and a former long-time business partner of Ukraine\u2019s Vladimir Zelensky ran a $100 million kickback scheme in the energy sector, which heavily depends on Western aid.<\/p>\n

Just one day after news of the scandal broke, Germany announced that it would provide Ukraine with an additional \u20ac40 million ($46.22 million) to support its energy industry, which is at the center of the controversy.<\/p>\n

It was not the first high-profile corruption scandal in Ukraine. In 2023, then-Defense Minister Aleksey Reznikov resigned after the media exposed inflated food procurement contracts at his ministry. In 2024, the State Audit Service found large-scale violations in reconstruction projects financed by Western aid.<\/p>\n

Moscow warned in the wake of the latest scandal that a \u201cmany-headed bloody hydra\u201d<\/em> of Ukrainian corruption was stretching beyond the borders and draining Western taxpayers\u2019 money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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