Mikheil Saakashvili is calling it quits as governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region. In announcing his resignation, the former Georgian president turned on his patron, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, accusing Ukraine’s leadership of endemic corruption. The Wall Street Journal reports:
In a video posted to his official Facebook page, Mr. Saakashvili criticized the Ukrainian elite as “corrupt filth,” and said efforts to implement reform in the Black Sea region had been stifled by unscrupulous politicians.Mr. Saakashvili, known in his native Georgia for his anticorruption drive as well as a disastrous 2008 war with Russia, was appointed governor in Odessa last year. He …read more
Source: The American Interest
