Millions of dollars in cash, valuable artworks, luxury watches and giant mansions. That’s just a taste of the riches Ukrainian officials have revealed in asset declarations that international lenders have insisted on to help stamp out decades of post-Soviet corruption.
The deadline for officials right up to President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman to fill out electronic declarations was Oct. 30. The system is mandatory for government ministers, lawmakers, judges, prosecutors and tax officers, who risk investigation by anti-corruption authorities if they’re not truthful or can’t explain the legitimate origin of what they disclose.
