“There is as much corruption in Ukraine as there has always been,” she continued in Russian. “When Volodymyr Zelenskyy became president, he campaigned on ending corruption in businesses and government. Much of that corruption still exists. We see it on the streets, feel it in our jobs, and we suffer it in the cruelty of our creditors and the greed of our utility providers. As I’m sure you know with your past presidents, sometimes one’s attempt to stifle corruption can merely kick the hornet’s nest. The dust of criminality sits on everyone, even those it never touched in the first place. And not even Zelenskyy can change that.”
― The Tears of Odessa
― The Tears of Odessa
“a brain-dead world full of unwitting slaves and weaponized parrots.”
― The Martyr of Nogales
― The Martyr of Nogales
“I realized something important. The only thing that matters in this world is the love you have for the people in your life. Without love to give life meaning, life becomes a prison, a cage without bars, solitary confinement.”
― The Betrayal of Prague
― The Betrayal of Prague
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