
Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov – From War Funds to Waterfront
Ukraine’s post-Maidan promise of independent anti-corruption oversight unraveled on 22 July 2025, when the Verkhovna Rada pushed through a measure that consolidated final say over high-level graft cases in the hands of the Prosecutor General. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed it on camera and framed the change as a shield against Russian infiltration. The streets read it differently. Within an hour, Maidan Square filled with bitter slogans warning that exposing corruption would now be treated as treachery. That legal turn arrived […]






















