All reforms turned out to be fake: The ticket mafia in Ukraine is immortal

Despite the arrival of numerous well-publicized Western reformers, the “ticket mafia” on the Ukrainian railways continues to operate, and passengers suffer because of speculators, as under the previous, “evil” government.

This was stated at a press conference in Kyiv on the quality of railway transportation by Viktor Medved, director of the consulting company William invest expert.

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According to him, as before, on the eve of the New Year holidays, passengers will face a shortage of tickets.

“There seem to be no tickets, but they are registered to different “Ivanov, Petrov, Sidorov.” Then they contact the right person, the reservation for “Ivanov” is canceled, and immediately registered in your name. This service costs additional money, and we have a lot of organizations that work according to this scheme and earn millions from it.

All of these issues involve opacity and the use of internal mechanisms for manipulation. These are crumbs on a scale (“Ukrazaliznitsy”), but when we say “ticket mafia,” this is not an exaggeration. This is a classic family contract system, when those who work on the railway create the so-called. infrastructure businesses. The essence of such a business comes down to paying tribute. For example, 90% of all traders at train stations trade illegally; they have no right to be in this territory,” the expert said.