Well it is that too. My comment was to point out how this lines up with
Yanuk's interests, which I am sure Putin pointed out in their closed door
meetings (as in, "this is a win-win scenario for both of us Vitia! You get
to keep everything you stole, and I get my empire back" ;-)
On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Michael Kulyk <[email protected]> wrote:
> i still say it is all about putin and his rebiuild of the former USSR
>
>
> On 2014-01-03, at 5:48 AM, Bohdan Wynnyckyj <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> And that's precisely why Yanyk is building ties with Russia. It keeps
> things as they are (which is extremely lucrative for him and people of his
> ilk).
>
> On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 8:46 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> I decided to compare Ukraine against other well known corrupt countries.
>> Ukraine is still worse than most of them. It is embarassing and shows
>> Ukraine has a hell of a long way to go towards Civil Society and moving
>> towards Russia will not help.
>>
>> http://www.transparency.org/country
>>
>> CORRUPTION MEASURING TOOLS
>>
>> CPI == Corruption Perceptions Index
>> BPI == Bribe Payers Index
>> COC == Control of Corruption
>>
>> COUNTRY CPI RANK CPI SCORE BPI RANK BPI SCORE COC % COC
>> SCORE
>>
>> Sweden 3/177 89/100 99%
>> +2.25095334
>> Finland 3/177 89/100 98%
>> +2.14583654
>> Norway 5/177 86/100 97%
>> +2.06534538
>> Switzerland 7/177 85/100 1/28 8.8/10 96%
>> +2.05986199
>> Canada 9/177 81/100 6/28 8.5/10 97%
>> +2.06437647
>> Germany 12/177 78/100 4/28 8.6/10 93%
>> +1.70070839
>> United Kingdom 14/177 76/100 8/28 8.3/10 90%
>> +1.48164525
>> Japan 18/177 74/100 4/28 8.6/10 92%
>> +1.53760580
>> United States 19/177 73/100 10/28 8.1/10 86%
>> +1.23289027
>> France 22/177 71/100 11/28 8.0/10 89%
>> +1.39378518
>> Estonia 28/177 68/100 79%
>> +0.91092696
>> Portugal 33/177 62/100 81%
>> +1.03115404
>> Poland 38/177 60/100 70%
>> +0.44653748
>> Spain 40/177 59/100 11/28 8.0/10 81%
>> +1.01131079
>> Lithuania 43/177 57/100 66%
>> +0.32210547
>> South Korea 46/177 55/100 13/28 7.9/10 69%
>> +0.42298322
>> Hungary 47/177 54/100 67%
>> +0.32516863
>> Latvia 49/177 53/100 63%
>> +0.20828963
>> Turkey 53/177 50/100 19/28 7.5/10 58%
>> +0.00933619
>> Georgia 55/177 49/100 54%
>> -0.15776271
>> Slovakia 61/177 47/100 65%
>> +0.27296009
>> Cuba 63/177 46/100 72%
>> +0.50243592
>> Italy 69/177 43/100 5/28 7.6/10 57%
>> -0.04291259
>> Romania 69/177 43/100 54%
>> -0.15804527
>> Brazil 72/177 42/100 14/28 7.7/10 60%
>> +0.05611194
>> South Africa 72/177 42/100 15/28 7.6/10 61%
>> +0.09391999
>> Bulgaria 77/177 41/100 52%
>> -0.18308190
>> Greece 80/177 40/100 56%
>> -0.12084214
>> China 80/177 40/100 27/28 6.5/10 33%
>> -0.60302871
>> Jamaica 83/177 38/100 45%
>> -0.36970657
>> Mongolia 83/177 38/100 28%
>> -0.71145876
>> Colombia 94/177 36/100 43%
>> -0.39090878
>> Armenia 94/177 36/100 31%
>> -0.67082008
>> India 94/177 36/100 19/28 7.5/10 36%
>> -0.51671917
>> Moldova 102/177 35/100 27%
>> -0.73061573
>> Panama 102/177 35/100 45%
>> -0.36151751
>> Mexico 106/177 34/100 26/28 7.0/10 44%
>> -0.37013247
>> Ethiopia 111/177 33/100 28%
>> -0.70457033
>> Vietname 116/177 31/100 33%
>> -0.58078595
>> Belarus 123/177 29/100 23%
>> -0.81837287
>> Pakistan 127/177 28/100 12%
>> -1.10360112
>> Russia 127/177 28/100 28/28 6.1/10 13%
>> -1.09397356
>> Azerbaijan 127/177 28/100 9%
>> -1.17247595
>> Bangladesh 136/177 27/100 16%
>> -0.99090985
>> Kazakhstan 140/177 26/100 15%
>> -0.99761244
>>
>> Ukraine 144/177 25/100 17%
>> -0.97099919
>>
>> Kygyzstan 150/177 24/100 13%
>> -1.07368360
>> Tajikistan 154/177 22/100 9%
>> -1.17257737
>> Zimbabwe 157/177 21/100 2%
>> -1.39396124
>> Venezuela 160/177 20/100 7%
>> -1.24074132
>> Eritrea 160/177 20/100 39%
>> -0.45598003
>> Haiti 163/177 19/100 7%
>> -1.25554172
>> Yemen 167/177 18/100 11%
>> -1.14247309
>> Uzbekistan 168/177 17/100 6%
>> -1.31634685
>> Turkmenistan 168/177 17/100 2%
>> -1.45313601
>> South Sudan 173/177 14/100
>> Sudan 174/177 11/100 4%
>> -1.32683517
>> North Korea 175/177 8/100 3%
>> -1.34015720
>> Somalia 175/177 8/100 0%
>> -1.73332463
>>
>>
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