tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post4802991564611514250..comments2023-09-17T10:57:35.535+03:00Comments on Ukrainiana: Tymoshenko Helps a Tycoon Bag a Hr. 900M ContractTarashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139892487573795049noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-23314781059039527552009-05-27T11:32:15.867+03:002009-05-27T11:32:15.867+03:00That’s right. Ukrainian politicians keep two sets ...That’s right. Ukrainian politicians keep two sets of corruption books:<br /> <br />1. “Clean Corruption, My Corruption” (not for the public eye)<br />2. “Unclean Corruption, Not My Corruption” (for the public eye)Tarashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18139892487573795049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-50401673435770466212009-05-25T18:04:47.718+03:002009-05-25T18:04:47.718+03:00Ah, but Taras, here's the best part - as noted by ...Ah, but Taras, here's the best part - as noted by one of the comments in Ukrainian Pravda -<br /><br />This is "clean corruption."<br /><br />To wit:<br /><br />Platini came to Ukraine quite a while back, denoting all the requirements for Ukraine, as a host country, to host Euro 2012. Several times he came to Ukraine - and nothing had been done.<br /><br />Soooo - the Lviv airport has to be modernized. As explained by the "good corruptionists" in the article:<br /><br />- an open tender takes 70 days<br /><br />- they challenge tenders in court, which delays things, and there are construction firms which engage in (gasp) racketeering<br /><br />- the necessary decision to hire Azovintex as a general contractor was made in a very short time period - a matter of days<br /><br />- they have the "necessary expertise" and equipment (600 ton cranes) to build/modernize an airport, because they are currently building the Lviv soccer stadium<br /><br />- as such, they are without parallel in Ukraine<br /><br />Where did the Hr. 887,702,000 figure come from?<br /><br />Well, that's just efficient use of government funds.<br /><br />Besides, not only are Taruta and Hayduk - backers of Tymoshenko with ownership interests in Azovintex.<br /><br />Taruta's brother Alexander is the general director of the company.<br /><br />Bohdan Danylyshyn, the economic minister who signed the deal, is a "creature" of Vitaliy Hayduk, in the Tymoshenko government.<br /><br />See how "clean corruption" works, boys and girls?<br /><br />This is opposed to "unclean" corruption, which Tymoshenko exposes constantly and tirelessly (well, except when she watched the Donetsk Brazilian Coalminers beat the Werder Bremen Brazilian Germans in the UEFA Cup, as to which she asked "forgiveness" of the public for taking time out from government work to cheer, laugh, scream, rejoice, and jump for joy at the great victory of Akhmetov's Donetsk Brazilian Coal Miners).<br /><br />Here is Tymoshenko's short list of "unclean"corruption:<br /><br />- Vanco Prykerchenska, in which she (actually, rightly)cancelled a last-second secret transfer of an oil and gas exploration license on the Black Sea shelf from Vanco Energy to an outfit owned by Akhmetov and some other mysterious persons and entities;<br /><br />- eliminating (rightly so) Firtash and RosUkrEnergo from being a middleman in gas deals between Ukraine and Russia's Gazprom.<br /><br /><br />See, the thing is, Tymoshenko's corruption is "clean."elmernoreply@blogger.com