• Blursty@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    That’s the corruption perception index. It asks people from the country what their perception is. It’s not at all reliable, especially during war. The reports of massive amounts of money going missing. Arms and munitions being sold, some even showing up in South America. The country is run by a massive fascist crook who’s named in the Panama papers… man if you think it’s come a long way in fighting corruption I don’t know what to tell you.

    The resolution of the Russo-Ukrainian War will make corruption much easier to tackle.

    Agreed.

    • pingveno@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Perception trends at least tell us something, especially when a country is compared with itself over time. Ukraine’s has improved remarkably. Yes there are limits to perception polls, but that is one of the few universal metrics.

      As for Zelensky, a few things. First, he was in the Pandora Papers, not the Panama Papers. Second, just because someone is in either the Pandora or Panama Papers does not mean that they were engaged in wrongdoing. So for now, I’m withholding judgement on him being a “massive fascist crook”.