“Corruption is a cancer,” said Ukraine’s new President Petro Poroshenko during his recent inaugural address, vowing to root his nation of the backdoor deals that have dogged the nation since its post-Soviet days — and created countless oligarchs.
But can this seemingly clean oligarch-turned-president really clear out such an entrenched system?
It was tales of former president Viktor Yanukovych’s excessive lifestyle at his Mezhigirya estate — furnished at the expense of his people — that brought thousands of protesters to Kyiv’s central square in February to demand his ouster.
Since he fled to Russia, his home has become an unlikely tourist magnet.
Although Yanukovych’s …read more
Source: Voice of America
