> "I recall a certain person being hesitant to send US tax dollars there because of corruption concerns." I think you meant IIRC, but the C is the problem. Tha

> "I recall a certain person being hesitant to send US tax dollars there because of corruption concerns." I think you meant IIRC, but the C is the problem. That certain person had no problem with corruption in Ukraine, it was just that he needed some of it's corruption to act in his favor first. And the jump from the article to "So is Ukraine basically the playground where all of the worlds corrupt elite steal millions?" Is a little (not a little) broad. It's a former Soviet bloc state and this is pretty much table-stakes corruption for those.