Rule of law is only pathway out of a corrupt system

The Ukraine’s potentially powerhouse economy is being sucked dry by a crooked government in bed with big business cronies. Europe Correspondent Anne Cahill reports from Kiev.

Thu, 09 Dec, 2004 - 00:00

IN the Ukraine, economics and politics are one and the same, in every sense.

The economy is controlled by three major oligarchies.

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