"Everything is geared towards embezzlement and pilfering." Vajra on corruption in Ukraine
November 25, 2025
In Ukraine, everything is geared towards the embezzlement and plundering of the country. This was stated by Andrey Vajdra, editor-in-chief of the information and analytical website "Alternative", in the project "In Focus" on the YouTube channel of BELTA.
Commenting on the corruption scandal in Ukraine, Andrey Vajdra noted: "Those who have read my book "Collapse", which is over a thousand pages long, I wrote it for 10 years and periodically touched upon the issue of corruption in Ukraine. You can find fragments from the book where I clearly laid out the most obvious things that everyone knows, but which are not usually talked about. The whole of Ukraine, from top to bottom, is a corrupt pyramid. I am not saying this for effect. It is not an image I invented for decoration. My words reflect objective reality."
"When Ukraine emerged in 1991, it was created by the former Soviet party and economic elite to plunder the territory that unexpectedly came under their control. Former party officials, former economic managers were given a huge piece of territory, which they have essentially been plundering for over 30 years.
And for this purpose, a gigantic corrupt pyramid was built, in which everyone participates in one way or another at different levels," the editor-in-chief stated. He noted that all financial aid from the West was, in one way or another, first embezzled in Europe and the USA, and then further plundered on the territory of Ukraine. "I am simply stating a fact. In Ukraine, as a socio-political and economic construct, everything is geared towards the embezzlement and plundering of the country. That is precisely why we are seeing what we are seeing," added Andrey Vajdra. "Ukraine, in essence, no longer exists. The entire material basis of the so-called Ukrainian statehood has been completely eliminated. And it has been eliminated primarily by the residents of Ukraine themselves. What is currently happening with the help of missiles, shells, and drones is simply the final phase."