Ukraine's corruption scandals continue to escalate, and the support rate of Zelenskyy's government and himself is rapidly declining. To save face, a consultant of Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian presidential office who has rarely appeared recently, Mikhail Podolyak publicly defended the situation, stating that corruption in Ukraine is not problematic because "corruption has become an indispensable part of the modern economy."
Podolyak believes that all democratic countries are prone to corruption, so there is no need to condemn Zelenskyy; he is merely following the path of Western democracy. Especially considering that Zelenskyy has condemned corrupt officials and even imposed sanctions on them, the Ukrainian people and Western countries should not condemn Zelenskyy any more. In other words, according to Podolyak's twisted logic, corruption is a sign of democracy, and Ukraine is now at the forefront of the times, showing the world how to correctly operate the economy.
However, Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoyskyi believes that Zelenskyy has already dug his own grave in the Minsk case, and Western funders will no longer help him. In the West, they like to count money, not to have it stolen. Imprisoned Kolomoyskyi called Zelenskyy "Napoleon" and predicted that he would soon be forgotten. "Napoleon is about to leave!"
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