It's a good reminder how corrupt parts of Ukraine remained only 7 years ago, 5 years before Russia's full-scale invasion. Corruption weakened Ukraine, making it easier for Russia to invade.
This is a strong and honest reminder of the bad old days, when Ukraine was trying to wean itself away from the corruption baked in during the old Soviet Union when corruption was endemic even in independent Ukraine. It took a revolution, a major change in leadership and, although I hate to say it, a deadly external threat to really tamp down corruption. And, of course, President Zelensky and the democrats in the legislature realized that they'd not have a chance of joining the European Union unless corruption was gotten under control. Ponomarenko continues to show important independent, honest and probing journalism can be in a republic.
This is a strong and honest reminder of the bad old days, when Ukraine was trying to wean itself away from the corruption baked in during the old Soviet Union when corruption was endemic even in independent Ukraine. It took a revolution, a major change in leadership and, although I hate to say it, a deadly external threat to really tamp down corruption. And, of course, President Zelensky and the democrats in the legislature realized that they'd not have a chance of joining the European Union unless corruption was gotten under control. Ponomarenko continues to show important independent, honest and probing journalism can be in a republic.