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Virtual politics, real corruption
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The World Today
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June 1, 2001
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Copyright informationCopyright Royal Institute of International Affairs Jun 2001. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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In Washington secretly recorded tapes ended the Presidency of Richard Nixon. In Kiev the same sort of material has galvanised the President"s team for a fight. It has also suggested that many of those eager to replace him have similarly murkey pasts. Politics Ukrainian style is a competition for power and wealth rather than Ideas - corruption has strength in depth.
FOR ALMOST SIX MONTHS the Gongadze scandal has engulfed Ukraine. It is a plot which could have been lifted from a James Ellroy pulp novel: secret tapes were supposedly recorded in President Leonid Kuchma's office by a disgruntled security officer, who has since claimed exile in the US. The resulting thousand hours of intimate ...
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