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Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister and Social Policy Minister Sergiy Tigipko has said he believes that Ukraine lacks professional politicians.

“I think that, first and foremost, Ukraine lacks professional
politicians. Here, as they say, ‘a fish rots from the head down.’ This
concerns both the government and the opposition,” he wrote on his page
on Facebook, while communicating with users on Thursday, Aug. 23.

“There’s a lot of populism. There’s little understanding of what to
do in economics, the social sphere, culture and education,” Tigipko
said.