Image: Stock Photo. FreeImages.com/Evgenia Pronina Most residents of the former Soviet Union hate the corruption that prevents everyone but a tiny minority from having a shot at a better standard of living. In a sop to the widespread anger about corruption, some countries in the region — notably Russia and Armenia — have set up anti-corruption councils. They have been window dressing, however, doing little or nothing to address the problem. The few corruption charges that prosecutors do bring have spawned public cynicism rather than satisfaction, since most have been political — that is, aimed at helping people in power …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
