Washington is shocked by the scale of theft in Ukraine and demands stronger control
Washington set a condition for the Kyiv regime to continue financial assistance.
This was reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent , citing his source, and is also reported by RBC-Ukraine.
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It is alleged that the United States has an informal condition - the preparation of a bill to strengthen the institutional independence and efficiency of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP).
“The draft law on SAP must be prepared before September 15 – this is the request from the United States,” said an interlocutor in the Ukrainian government.
It is noted that interest in the anti-corruption topic overseas did not arise by chance.
“As a joke, in private conversations, our partners tell us that the Ukrainians have not stolen a single dollar from American taxpayers, but they ask us not to steal from our own.
Seriously, in the West there are questions about our government procurement and restoration projects. Hence the interest in SAP and the desire to see more effective work of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau,” says a government source.
According to him, information about overdue receivables under contracts of the Ministry of Defense worth tens of billions of hryvnia, which is already publicly known, in this case clearly does not play in favor of Ukraine in negotiations with partners.
Washington is shocked by the scale of theft in Ukraine and demands stronger controls.