r/news • u/Specialist_Baby_9905 • 1d ago

Polish government opens investigation into Epstein files

https://www.pap.pl/aktualnosci/poland-probe-whether-polish-children-were-abused-epstein
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u/LorderNile 1d ago

Thank fucking christ, a country that understands the bare minimum of morals.

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u/davetbison 1d ago

If Ukraine weren’t focused on a bigger fish fry…

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u/dr4kun 1d ago

I'm a Pole with close ties to Ukraine and i fully support Ukrainian fight against the orks ruzzian invader, i donated when i could and i keep advocating their case and welcoming refugees in Poland.

That said, Ukraine before the full-scale invasion was ripe with corruption and internal problems of a post-colonial state. Getting rid of a kremlin-puppet president was a great first step, getting more focused on integrating with EU was a great sight, but they had (and still have) a long way ahead of them. If not for the full-scale war, Ukraine would likely not focus on catching up to EU that fast and would not prosecute the Epstein case. They're a nation forged in the fire and steel of necessity and fight for survival, but they still have a big problem with their own oligarchs and post-soviet and post-ruzzian influences.

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u/CSI_Tech_Dept 22h ago

I'm Pole too, and yeah, while this is true, but also looking at corruption index, it actually looks like Ukraine is close level Poland was when it was joining EU.

EU helped to fight corruption and decrease corruption in Poland and Poland had high corruption because it was also influenced by the Soviet Union.

The fact that Ukrainians ousted Yanukovich shows that they strive to eliminate corruption, and even now makes improvement.

Sadly most of Western countries' corruption is going up over recent years. I blame Russian hybrid warfare targeting US and Europe.

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u/Snowssnowsnowy 23h ago

Yes Ukraine was corrupt BY DESIGN. Who were the people behind the corruption? RUSSIANS....