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Friday, December 15, 2017
Corruption makes Ukraine even more vulnerable to Russia
KIEV HAS been the scene of a somewhat farcical drama this month centering on Mikheil Saakashvili, the former Georgian president-turned-Ukrainian dissident. Mr. Saakashvili was invited to Ukraine in 2015 by newly elected President Petro Poroshenko to assist in transforming the former Soviet republic into a Western-style democracy capable of someday joining the European Union. Now Mr. Poroshenko is doing his best to jail or deport his former ally — and repeatedly failing, thanks to demonstrations by Mr. Saakashvili’s supporters and, most recently, a judge’s ruling.
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