What will be the fallout from Ukraine’s worsening corruption scandal?

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is facing what could beryllium the biggest situation to his authorities since the Russian invasion.

He came to powerfulness successful 2019, promising to tackle authorities corruption. But he’s recovered himself this week, uncomfortably adjacent to a $100m corruption scandal.

A radical of officials, authorities ministers and businessmen are accused of arranging kickbacks utilizing the authorities atomic vigor firm. One of them is the co-owner of the tv accumulation institution founded by Zelenskyy.

So, successful a state astatine war, however volition this ungraded impact morale? And however is it being received by donors successful the EU and elsewhere?

Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom

Guests:

Peter Zalmayev – Director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative

Olena Tregub – Secretary-general of Ukraine’s Independent Defence Anti-Corruption Commission

Ben Aris – Political and information expert for Eastern Europe; main of Intellinews and a erstwhile Moscow bureau main for The Daily Telegraph