The performance of Ukraine’s energy sector is critical for its security. Yet systemic and pervasive corruption in this key sector during the country’s 25 years of independence is a sadly familiar story. Officials at the highest level of various Ukrainian governments and their confederates have siphoned off billions of dollars annually to spread political largesse and stock partisan war chests. Successive governments have proclaimed plans for energy reform over the years even while political insiders have continued to fight over Ukraine’s various energy franchises.As long as reform is stalled, the energy sector will continue to corrupt Ukrainian politics and to …read more
Source: The American Interest
