“Ukraine is now ruled by an oligarch who increasingly relies on foreign aid. A state where corruption is rampant and there are no real democratic structures,” former German Finance Minister Oskar Lafontaine told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, cited by news agency V4NA. The former minister emphasized that independent parties and mass media are banned in … Continue reading Former German finance minister says corruption in Ukraine is ‘rampant,’ and large majority of Ukrainians agree