Viktor Yanukovych boasted of corruption in Ukraine. - Polidicks

[quote]Ukraine's disgraced former president, Viktor Yanukovych, used to boast to other heads of state about how corrupt he was, according to Georgia's former president Mikheil Saakashvili. Yanukovych, who fled Kiev at the weekend and is believed now to be hiding in Crimea, was known for his thuggish behaviour and obsession with money. The extent of his interest in the latter was revealed over the weekend when his lavish presidential compound outside Kiev was opened to the public. Saakashvili's comments suggest the Ukrainian leader was brazen in his abuse of office. Saakashvili was president of Georgia from 2004 until November, and met Yanukovych on numerous occasions. He recalled one incident in particular, at the 2011 UN general assembly in New York, when he said Yanukovych bragged at length about how his corrupt government worked, in front of Saakashvili and a group of leaders from post-Soviet countries.[/quote] [url]http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/25/viktor-yanukovych-ukraine-corruption-mikheil-saakashvili[/url]

I'm actually [B]TRYING[/B] to be surprised by this, but all I can muster is a faint [I]"no shit?"[/I]

What a dick.

[quote]when he said Yanukovych bragged at length about how his corrupt government worked.[/quote] How's it working now bitch?

How he got to be a president with multiple convictions is beyond me. And no parking ticket either: assault, robbery, fraud, falsification of documents. He later claimed it all to be "mistakes of youth". Well holy shit, that's quite a mistake.

[QUOTE=B E A R;44047985]How he got to be a president with multiple convictions is beyond me. And no parking ticket either: assault, robbery, fraud, falsification of documents. He later claimed it all to be "mistakes of youth". Well holy shit, that's quite a mistake.[/QUOTE]He could claim they were "mistakes of youth" if he was fucking 95 years old and they happened when he was 25, but saying "oh I was such a little rascal" in this context is fucking weird. Why would you boast about being corrupt in the first place? And to the leaders of other former Soviet-bloc countries, who have been struggling with their own corruption problems since day one? What the fuck! That's like going up to a parent and claiming to be the most prolific babyfucker in the world.

This is my favorite euromaidan image: [img]http://ipress.ua/media/gallery/full/z/o/zoloto_mejygirya.jpg[/img] That's bread. Made out of gold. I don't know what's the fucking deal with that, but it's hilarious. Why did Yanuckovich even have this?

You need to understand that after the fall of the USSR , most corrupt politicians kept their jobs and nothing changed. Just look at Romania and Ukraine.

So he wound up as being the Ukrainian Rob Ford but minus the crack, no surprise at all.

And why did none of these other former Soviet leaders tell the world how much of a fuck Yanukovych is earlier? Especially Saakashvili since he probably has a massive hate on for Russia after 2008.

[QUOTE=wanksta11;44050372]You need to understand that after the fall of the USSR , most corrupt politicians kept their jobs and nothing changed. Just look at Romania and Ukraine.[/QUOTE] Well TBF this guy wasn't always in office after the fall. They elected a pro west guy after the Orange revolution, decided they didn't like him, and put this guy in office.

[QUOTE=Ezhik;44050339]This is my favorite euromaidan image: [img]http://ipress.ua/media/gallery/full/z/o/zoloto_mejygirya.jpg[/img] That's bread. Made out of gold. I don't know what's the fucking deal with that, but it's hilarious. Why did Yanuckovich even have this?[/QUOTE] Having played stalker, its likely that "bread" plays a huge part on this culture.

[QUOTE=wanksta11;44050372]You need to understand that after the fall of the USSR , most corrupt politicians kept their jobs and nothing changed. Just look at Romania and Ukraine.[/QUOTE] Yeah. It's one thing to give the politicians partial amnesty and let them be free ( as the fear of being put in the same place they used to hold their opponents in is what makes some dictators extremally desperate about keeping the power and makes the changes way harder to pull of), but letting them stay in charge of anything is just plain riduculous (although not uncommon).

[QUOTE=Ezhik;44050339]This is my favorite euromaidan image: [img]http://ipress.ua/media/gallery/full/z/o/zoloto_mejygirya.jpg[/img] That's bread. Made out of gold. I don't know what's the fucking deal with that, but it's hilarious. Why did Yanuckovich even have this?[/QUOTE] Because he could afford it.

He rams that golden piece of bread up his ass every morning.

[QUOTE=Ezhik;44050339]This is my favorite euromaidan image: [img]http://ipress.ua/media/gallery/full/z/o/zoloto_mejygirya.jpg[/img] That's bread. Made out of gold. I don't know what's the fucking deal with that, but it's hilarious. Why did Yanuckovich even have this?[/QUOTE] It's not that hard to figure it out. Food and gold are two things men have wanted most throughout history. Especially with Ukraine being a breadbasket of eastern Europe, it's not surprising to own something representing the most treasured objects in history - money and having no hunger.

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;44056030]It's not that hard to figure it out. Food and gold are two things men have wanted most throughout history. Especially with Ukraine being a breadbasket of eastern Europe, it's not surprising to own something representing the most treasured objects in history - money and having no hunger.[/QUOTE] Symbolism, lol. It's made of solid fucking gold. It looks like it's a pound or more of gold. An ounce goes for roughly 1330$ $1330 x 16 = $21,280. So if it IS an exact pound, this "symbol" cost the people of Ukraine $21,280.

[QUOTE=purvisdavid1;44056110]Symbolism, lol. It's made of solid fucking gold. It looks like it's a pound or more of gold. An ounce goes for roughly 1330$ $1330 x 16 = $21,280. So if it IS an exact pound, this "symbol" cost the people of Ukraine $21,280.[/QUOTE] Fuck I don't even make that much in a year.