

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Aug. 1 signed a controversial public
procurement law.
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Aug. 1 signed a controversial public procurement law that will shield from public oversight tens of billions of dollars in government spending each year.
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very , very cleaver , this thug.......make NO mistake...
Party of Rats!!!!!!!!!!
How much more proof do the people need to see this crook is stealing only for himself, and his clan.
He don't give a f--k about Ukraine or the people!!!
Laws can be repealed.
This is how much he cares about the people of Ukraine.......
As the Administration of the President recently reported to the media, the country will spend over 50 million UAH (13.5 million USD) on the maintenance of government residencies in Koncha-Zaspa and Puscha-Vodytsia. The residencies in question include the mansions of the current Prime-Minister, Chairman of Parliament, former presidents, as well as other deputies and officials. Whilst increasing the financing for maintaining bureaucrats' mansions, the President and Prime-Minister of Ukraine have also announced continued cuts to social expenses; requesting that the citizens of Ukraine understand that these are unavoidable due to the state budget deficit(1).
At the same time this year’s budget provides more money for deputies mansions than for the development of local self-administration projects (26 million UAH / 3.2 million USD). The ‘mansion budget’ is also equal to the sum designated for the construction of housing for soldiers and civil servants(2). Having secured the financing for their mansions, officials seem unconcerned about the fact that in 2012 the minimum living income has been set at only 1017 UAH (127 USD) per person per month and minimum wage is 1073 UAH (134 USD) per person per month(3).
It remains to be seen whether Ukrainians will bear the cuts to social benefits in the context of uninterrupted financial support of state officials' villas.
(1)http://ukranews.com/ru//news/ukraine/2012/01/24/62465
Yanukovych is a big Idiot....supported by his Donesk mafia...he lost in 2004
and cried like a big Baby for 6 years...booo hoo...
In 2010 He promised to Give Crimea to Putin and GUESS WHAT...YANUKOVYCH WON THE 20120 ELECTION
So... two years of talk about making the government more transparent was...? Well, it was what we knew it was... lies. Yes, we had hope that there will be change (we always have hope).
So, what will happen now? Government owned businesses will overbid on projects involving companies owned 'privately' by government members (and vis-versa), enriching both (well, enriching the elites who run the companies), and costing the public who has to foot the bill without really knowing how much the bill is.
"What part of the population is involved in corruption? Experts say not more than 5%. At whose expense do these 5% live? At the expense of the other 95% who pay taxes," Yanukovych said.
Yanuk seems to want the 95% to pay more. Obviously he's not part of the 95% who has to pay, and doesn't think the 5% are getting enough.
“Privately-owned companies don’t have to conduct tenders, so this bill levels the playing field for government enterprises. This will help improve the performance of our companies,” said Yefremov.
Why bother putting in the (government-owned) in the text? It's really what these people believe, "L'état c'est nous" therefore state-owned companies really are "their" companies. Nothing more need be said.