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Why West Continues to Defend Zelensky Amid Ukraine’s Corruption Scandal?
Why West Continues to Defend Zelensky Amid Ukraine’s Corruption Scandal?
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Western leaders’ efforts to shield Volodymyr Zelensky from the corruption scandal are a “last resort” to protect themselves, Russian political analyst Sergey... 22.11.2025, Sputnik India
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These leaders “are fully aware that they will face at least some political criticism as a result” of trying to exculpate Zelensky, who could not have been uninvolved in the scandal, Stankevich points out.He notes that as for Ukraine’s US allies, they have already quite clearly made their choice in favor of replacing Zelensky, a policy that they will continue to support.Stankevich says that what remains uncertain is the position of Europe, which is currently bearing the main burden of financing and keeping the Zelensky regime operational, including funding its military goals.
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Why West Continues to Defend Zelensky Amid Ukraine’s Corruption Scandal?
Western leaders’ efforts to shield Volodymyr Zelensky from the corruption scandal are a “last resort” to protect themselves, Russian political analyst Sergey Stankevich tells Sputnik.
These leaders “are fully aware that they will face at least some political criticism as a result” of trying to exculpate Zelensky, who could not have been uninvolved in the scandal, Stankevich points out.
“This final protective narrative—that everyone around him was stealing while he remained unaware and uninvolved—is somewhat of a paper-thin facade, which could strand for a while,” according to the analyst.
He notes that as for Ukraine’s US allies, they have already quite clearly made their choice in favor of
replacing Zelensky, a policy that they will continue to support.
Stankevich says that what remains uncertain is the position of Europe, which is currently bearing the main burden of financing and keeping the Zelensky regime operational, including funding its military goals.
“Providing European taxpayers’ money to a regime that […] already appears highly corrupt means liability under domestic European law. Either you didn’t know who you were giving the funds to, in which case you are incompetent, or you did know and sent money to a deliberately corrupt regime, which means you are complicit in a criminal scheme. This is the difficult choice that European politicians will now face when considering further aid to Ukraine,” the analyst concludes.
