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by Max L  I know that Ukraine suffers from severe corruption by delegates from the high council as well as delegates from Russia. Ukraine has a tons of oil, gold and other natural resources that it could make a profit on. However, the oligarchs who act a delegates steal all of this and use it for their personal profit. Ukraine has a problematic society. real Ukrainian aren't in power, oligarchs from Russia are and they control everything. They steal from the federal fund to benefit their own personal bank accounts. If Ukraine does not do something soon, the country will go bankrupt. Right after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine had a great opportunity to become part of the Western world and join the Euro Union or NATO. Unfortunately, it passed up this opportunity and is now in debt of about 1 trillion dollar to numerous countries and is still being robbed. I want to find out why real Ukrainians aren't doing anything. There are tons of people living in major cities such as Kiev, Lviv etc. who don't want the current government. However, they aren't doing anything. I also want to know how the oligarch's exactly drain the government. Do they simply get to a high rank in the economic unit of the government and then secretly take advantage of their access to all of the money? Or do they hack computer systems and get the money virtually? When the Oligarchs use the money, isn't it obvious that its not their average salary being used to build a 4 hectare mansion? I've read a lot about Corruption in Ukraine, Russia and other countries in Eastern Europe. I learned many new things. Among these, there are the answers to the questions that I had. I interviewed my father who knows a lot about the issue and I also read a book by A. Bushkov. Besides this, I used Diigo to record a few interesting articles related to he issue found on the internet as well. The book and the articles I've read include many interesting things, however I think that my interview with my dad was most helpful. Max**-Why aren't the real Ukrainian people living in Ukraine and in foreign countries ignoring the issue of corruption in their homeland? **Part IV--What I Learned** I've learned that most Ukrainian people don't do anything to stop the Oligarchs, either because they lack the power or they just don't care. I also learned that the Oligarchs drain the money by getting to a high position in the government related to money and where they can control it and then steal it using virtual banking systems. They later use it for their own expensive luxuries and for privatizing land that belongs to others or is simply a part of nature, to build a huge mansion or factory for their own profit and live better than the Sultan of Brunei. Bushkov, Alexander. //Politics and Robbery//. 1. Moscow: Olma press, 2007. 560. Print. "http://www.icac.org." //http://www.icac.org//. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 May 2010. . "http://ukraine.usaid.gov." //http://ukraine.usaid.gov//. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 April 2010. . "http://www.ukeanalysis.net." //http://www.ukeanalysis.net//. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 May 2010. . Labunsky, Valentin. //MaxL's I-search//. Interview by Max Labunsky. 04/29/2010. Print
 * Corruption in Ukraine **
 * Part I--What I already know about my topic **
 * Part II--What I Want to Find Out **
 * Part III--The Search **
 * Interview (translated into English):
 * Father**-Well, most Ukrainians aren't quite involved in this sort of thing. Those who are, have either accepted that they cannot do anything, or are held back by the corruptors themselves. Therefore, most Ukrainians either don't care or cannot do anything.
 * Max-​** How is the money actually drained from the government?
 * Father-** Well, usually the oligarchs get to a place where they control a lot of money and a few budgets, such a the Financial Department etc. Then they secretly drain the money by computer into their own accounts and use the money to build massive mansions, build factories on natural resource deposits, buy private rivers, lakes and even towns etc. Its terrible what they'll do, and yet its so obvious that they've done it with stolen money, but no one does anything.
 * Max-**Let's continue with what the oligarchs do with the money. Aren't people aware of the luxurious things that they do?
 * Father**-Its funny that you mention that, not far from the town where I grew up, there was a massive field and a small river went through it. The people in the town near it used to go there to fish, swim etc. Then one day this big Oligarch from Kiev "bought" the place and began calling his personal security force on people who would go to that field. One day, a small riot couldn't take it anymore and dove them all out of town. If only it was done that way today. Now, one man who stole a little over a billion dollars has changed the flow of the Dnieper river to go near his mansion, he also has a 10 acre forest with imported animals roaming it. It really is extraordinary what they do with the money. They really have good taste when it comes to spending it.
 * Max-** Alright, thanks dad.
 * Part V--Bibliography**