Do you think President Petro Poroshenko and Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak knew about the alleged fuel procurement embezzlement scheme?
Oleksandr Chena,
pensioner
“The defense minister knew; although I don’t know the details. There’s a fight with corruption in this country, but this doesn’t surprise me. High-ranking government ministers still take bribes… It’ll take a long time but we can improve.”
Dmitriy Gozelonskii,
pastor
“The defense minister didn’t know? Of course he knew. I’m not surprised though. I lived through two, three maidans but little has changed.”
Oleksandr Lutsiv,
pastor
“The way our country works, the president might not know everything about these schemes, but he lets them happen.”
Oksana Olegovna,
teacher
“At the minute, there’s no facts, there hasn’t been an investigation. We should wait until there’s concrete information.”
Mykyta Samofalov,
law student
“The defense minister and president knew about it, 100 percent. All schemes like this run from the top. I think it’s awful they’re stealing money while the country’s at war.”
Dariya Bageinec,
political scientist
“Yes, they knew. Everything’s linked in the system. It’s humiliating. While these ministers are stealing money, other people’s wages are low. In the civil service wages should be three times higher.”
