Lyovochkin, part-owner of Inter TV with exiled billionaire oligarch Dmytro Firtash, tried to paint himself as a defender of free speech in a recent op-ed in Politico. That’s akin to a robber preaching against stealing. In a rule-of-law nation, Lyovochkin would be on trial as an accessory to Yanukovych’s crimes. Firtash, who is fighting US allegations of corruption, would have his assets seized for the $500 million he owes the government in unpaid refinancing loans for his failed Nadra Bank.
Lutsenko, meanwhile, needs to retire his leaky glass routine in which he punches holes in a plastic cup and fills it with water to show how the state budget loses money to corrupt schemes. He should get busy prosecuting lawbreakers or resign.
