The Comment quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Resident Senior Fellow Anders Aslund on state corporations that are a persistent source of corruption in Ukraine:
“Ukraine has 1,833 state corporations that are a persistent source of corruption”, said Anders Aslund of the US-based Atlantic Council. Biden will get an update on clashes between government troops and pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine. Kyiv’s reluctance to cooperate brought a “stinging attack” from U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt on what he called the “misconduct” of Ukrainian prosecutors, the Times writes.