“Salvini warns about the risks of corruption, Crosetto considers the suspension of aid to Ukraine absurd.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
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Details: Salvini commented on the corruption scandal in the energy system of Ukraine, which has been going on for the past few days. “It seems to me that there are corruption scandals involving the Ukrainian government, so I would not like the money of Italian workers and pensioners to be used to fuel further corruption,” he said.
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According to the Vice Prime Minister of Italy, providing Ukraine with more weapons will not help either. “It seems to me that what has happened in recent hours, with the advance of Russian troops, tells us that it is in the interests of everyone, and primarily of Ukraine, to stop the war,” Salvini added.
When asked to comment on the words of his colleague, the head of the Italian Defense Ministry, Guido Crozetto, said that it would be “absurd” to stop aid to Ukraine.
“I understand Matteo Salvini’s concerns, but I do not judge the country on the basis of two corrupt individuals. We are trying to help the civilian population, which suffers from 93% of Russian attacks,” he said.
Prehistory:
- The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine has published an investigation into a major corruption scheme at the Energoatom NEC under the name “Midas”.
- The organizer of the scheme was businessman, co-owner of Kvartal-95 and former partner of President Zelensky, Timur Mindych. The prosecution noted that Mindich exerted influence on the former Minister of Energy Herman Galushchenko and the former Minister of Defense Rustem Umyerov.
- The European Commission believes that the disclosure of the corruption scheme is evidence of the effectiveness of the anti-corruption bodies of Ukraine.
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