{"id":949,"date":"2025-07-23T14:49:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=949"},"modified":"2025-08-01T13:50:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:50:19","slug":"kremlin-comments-on-zelenskys-crackdown-on-anti-corruption-agencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/23\/kremlin-comments-on-zelenskys-crackdown-on-anti-corruption-agencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Kremlin comments on Zelensky\u2019s crackdown on anti-corruption agencies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rampant graft remains one of Ukraine\u2019s key problems, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said<\/strong><\/p>\n

Protests in Ukraine against Vladimir Zelensky\u2019s crackdown on two anti-corruption agencies are an internal affair, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said, adding that Kiev\u2019s Western backers are right to be concerned about rampant graft in the country.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, protesters rallied across Ukraine after Zelensky moved to place the National Anti Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Special Anti Corruption Prosecutor\u2019s Office (SAPO) under executive oversight following raids on NABU offices, which Zelensky claimed is under Russian influence.<\/p>\n

Critics have accused Zelensky of authoritarian tendencies, attempting to consolidate power and claimed that the clampdown would render the agencies \u201cpurely decorative.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Commenting on the protests on Wednesday, Peskov noted that Kiev\u2019s backers \u2013 most notably the US \u2013 have every reason to be worried about where their money, some $300 billion in aid, actually goes, due to the high level of corruption in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is obvious that a sizeable portion of that money\u2026was stolen,\u201d<\/em> Peskov said. \u201cThere is a lot of corruption in the country. So, the money of American taxpayers, European taxpayers, was, to a large extent, stolen in Ukraine. This can be said with a high degree of certainty.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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The corruption issue is \u201can acute one for Ukraine\u201d<\/em>, he claimed, adding that \u201ceverything that happens with the subordination and reassignment of various agencies is Ukraine\u2019s internal matter.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Peskov\u2019s comments come after US President Donald Trump recalled that while the administration of his predecessor Joe Biden donated hundreds of billions to Kiev, he has \u201ca feeling they didn\u2019t spend every dollar on the equipment\u201d<\/em>. We want to find out about that [money], someday, I guess, right?\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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Ukraine has faced a series of high-profile corruption scandals involving military procurement in recent month. In January 2024, Ukraine\u2019s Security Service uncovered a $40 million embezzlement scheme involving fake weapons contracts and in April, food supply fraud to the tune of almost $18 million was exposed inside the Defense Ministry.<\/p>\n

The EU has long voiced concern about corruption levels in Ukraine, conditioning Kiev\u2019s potential membership of the bloc, among other things, on the success of anti-graft reforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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