{"id":2705,"date":"2025-11-18T20:35:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=2705"},"modified":"2025-11-27T09:35:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T09:35:28","slug":"ukraines-corruption-out-of-control-kremlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/18\/ukraines-corruption-out-of-control-kremlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine\u2019s corruption out of control \u2013 Kremlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It\u2019s high time for Western governments to notice that their money is being stolen, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The latest graft scandal in Ukraine involving Vladimir Zelensky\u2019s longtime business partner and senior officials shows that Kiev\u2019s corruption has completely spiraled out of control, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. He added that the problem is a major headache for Kiev\u2019s backers, as Ukrainian officials are embezzling their financial aid.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies alleged earlier this month that Zelensky\u2019s former business partner, Timur Mindich, led a criminal operation that siphoned $100 million in kickbacks from contracts with the country\u2019s nuclear power operator, Energoatom, which depends on foreign aid.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThat\u2019s hardly a Ukrainian internal matter anymore,\u201d<\/em> Peskov told journalist Pavel Zarubin on Tuesday. <em>\u201cThat\u2019s foreign money that is being stolen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He added that the money provided to Ukraine by the previous US administration has likely been <em>\u201cmostly stolen.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Ukraine\u2019s Vladimir Zelensky and his chief of staff, Andrey Yermak, holding a press-conference in Kiev.\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/691b2af02030277c183d1205.jpg\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/627898-zelensky-ukraine-yermak-corruption\/\">Zelensky\u2019s top aide knew about corruption scheme \u2013 Ukrainian MP<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In August, US President Donald Trump said the administration of his predecessor, Joe Biden, <em>\u201cfleeced\u201d<\/em> America by committing $350 billion to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>According to Peskov, it is high time Kiev\u2019s Western backers started thinking about their own money and their taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe Kiev regime is obviously going off the rails,\u201d<\/em> the Kremlin spokesman said, adding that the situation on the front lines and the growing suspicions among Western leaders regarding corruption are working against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The scandal has shaken Zelensky\u2019s government. Opposition MP Yaroslav Zhelezhnyak claimed on Monday that the Ukrainian leader\u2019s chief of staff, Andrey Yermak, was aware of the corruption scheme.<\/p>\n<p>US Senator Rand Paul criticized Trump for being silent on the scandal and called for oversight on aid. Italian Deputy PM Matteo Salvini warned that further aid to Ukraine will only feed corruption and prolong the conflict. Polish PM Donald Tusk has said it is now harder to rally support in his country for Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s high time for Western governments to notice that their money is being stolen, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2705"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2705"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2707,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2705\/revisions\/2707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}