Ukrainian watchdogs fume that president’s proposal to put wartime corruption on par with treason will give more power to state security service.

By equating corruption to treason, Zelenskyy’s office is manipulating the public’s desire for justice, said Vitaly Shabunin, head of the Anti-Corruption Action Center (Antac), a Ukrainian nongovernmental organization that monitors graft. In reality, Shabunin added, Zelenskyy’s office is pursuing other goals: to protect high-level officials from corruption charges and obtain tools to destroy opponents.

    • Skyline969@lemmy.caEnglish
      51·
      1 year ago

      I’ve heard this term on Lemmy and pretty much nowhere else. What is a tankie?

      • FaeDrifter@midwest.socialEnglish
        111·
        1 year ago

        Authoritarian communist, it can be hard to pin down what they stand for, because they aren’t clear on much except, “death to America”, and a hatred of capitalism (understandable tbh). They tend to be pro-Russia and pro-China.

        I’ve heard the term a while, but lemmy is the first time I actually interacted with any.

        • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
          82·
          1 year ago

          It’s such a broken mindset. They just want to trade one set of chains for another. China and Russia aren’t even communist anymore. They are both capitalist with totalitarian characteristics.