Threat of corruption/ Rich history of swindling the taxman
When Aleksandr Lapko received his drafting notice from the Ukrainian
defence ministry, he was faced with a dilemma: either spend $2000 of his own
money (the equivalent of 10 average monthly wages in the military) to buy the
military equipment needed to serve, or pay a $2000 bribe to be declared
medically unfit for service.
He
chose the first option and is now working with the Nato liaison office in
Ukraine.
This
story, published by Transparency International, captures in a nutshell the
challenges faced by Ukrainians in their daily struggles: either pay from their
own money to cover for the endemic corruption of officialdom, or bribe their
way out of a rut.
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