Ukrainian anti-corruption services study a group suspected of misappropriating funds transferred by abroad donors after the Russian invasion. According to investigators, over 37 million hryvnia were legalized. For Poland, this is simply a informing signal: solidarity with the affected country cannot mean blind trust without controlling money and standards.
Donor Money Investigation
The National Anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the peculiar Anti-corruption Prosecutor's Office reported the detection of an organized suspected group of money transferred by abroad donors after the start of full-scale Russian aggression. According to Interia, Money.pl, Onet and another editorials, it is about legalization of over 37 million hryvnia.
According to media reports, investigators consider the erstwhile Secretary of State of the Ukrainian Ministry of abroad Affairs to be the organizer. Onet gave the name Alexander Bankow. Among the suspects are besides those associated with the camera of a erstwhile authoritative and social organization. These are investigators' findings, not court sentences.
Money.pl indicates that 37 million hryvnia corresponded to about $1.28 million per course from the time of the act. The measures were to be legalised by falsifying papers and directing money to the accounts of cash withdrawal entities.
Aid needs control
Russia is an aggressor. Ukraine defends itself against violent war. That's a fact. But just as hard a fact is that a country benefiting from large abroad aid must be equally controlled. The money of taxpayers and donors is not a bottomless bag.
Since the first months of the war, Poland has borne advanced costs of supporting its neighbour: military, financial, social and organizational. Therefore, the Polish national interest requires a clear principle. You can help, but you request transparency, accountability and accountability. Otherwise, a political and moral bill will be issued to average citizens.
The case besides strikes Kiev's image at a time erstwhile Ukraine's future membership of the European Union returns. Trust in a candidate country cannot be built if, at the same time, public opinion is afraid about fraud with aid measures. This is not an argument for Russian narrative. That's an argument for serious treatment of state standards.
Realism, not blindness
There is simply a war in Ukraine, but war does not suspend the work of integrity. On the contrary, during war, any corruption scandal weighs more due to the fact that it undermines the trust of allies and facilitates the opponent's propaganda.
For Poland, the proposal is simple. Support for a country fighting Russia must not preclude a hard talk about corruption, agriculture, the regulation of law and historical memory. An alliance without control is not realism. He's asking for trouble.
If Ukrainian anti-corruption institutions bring this to an end, it will be a good sign. But the scale of suspicion itself shows that Europe, including Poland, has the right to request mechanisms for the supervision of all euro and all euro directed towards assistance. This is the work of our citizens.
Source: Interia Events
