There have been suspicious fires in Russia recently, and some are out of range of Ukrainian weapons systems. So what’s going on?<\/p>\n
Oleksiy Arestovych, a military adviser to [Ukrainian President] Zelensky, said he doubted Ukraine was involved in the fires at the defense-related facilities and suggested that Russian officials are setting fires to cover up evidence of corruption.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think you need to look for reasons inside Russia \u2014 for example, hiding the means by which money has been stolen from the Russian defense ministry,\u201d he said. [WaPo<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Sure, it’s a convenient excuse in case these are examples of Ukrainian sabotage, but it’s also quite plausible<\/strong>. The problem of corruption isn’t some offense against an arbitrary morality, but rather a set of rules which, when broken for selfish reasons, result not only in benefit, fleeting as it may be, for the criminal, but quite serious damage for the offendee.<\/p>\n
That’s why corruption should never be tolerated, on the right or the left.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There have been suspicious fires in Russia recently, and some are out of range of Ukrainian weapons systems. So what’s going on? Oleksiy Arestovych, a military adviser to [Ukrainian President] Zelensky, said he doubted Ukraine was involved in the fires at the defense-related facilities and suggested that Russian officials are \u2026 Continue reading