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Thursday, May 10, 2018
NABU on National Security and Defence corruption (and a brief look at the numbers)
Following on from the
previous entry,
and after receiving a few emails, it appears it is necessary to expand upon the following prose alluding to the on-going corruption within the defence supply chain and the expected close orbit to those in power: “
Indeed, Ukrainian military helicopters, via corporate smoke and mirrors and the usual unhealthy associations of the Ukrainian elite and their offspring, are still buying rotor blades from Russia. Import substitution has yet to overcome all such issues.
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To be blunt, the particular incident mentioned therein is but one of many and was used as a simple reminder to a reader that the Ukrainian military capabilities and equipment up-grades are being sabotaged from within due to corruption that manifests itself in many forms, but almost always in very close proximity to the Ukrainian leadership (be it political or institutional – if they can be definitively separated beyond any title on the name plaque/business card).
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