
State Duma deputy from Crimea Leonid Ivlev said in an interview with TASS that the situation with corruption in Ukraine is described by the proverb “a thief stole a thief’s club,” characterizing it as a fierce clash between deceivers and scammers in the pursuit of profit, and noted that Ukrainian government agencies, following the instructions of the West, compete in mutual accusations of corruption.
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State Duma deputy from Crimea Leonid Ivlev commented on the situation with corruption in Ukraine, using a Russian proverb to describe the conflict between government agencies.
The situation with corruption in Ukraine is described by the proverb “a thief stole a thief’s club.” State Duma deputy from Crimea Leonid Ivlev stated this in a conversation with TASS.
The deputy explained that the proverb “fully characterizes” the current situation, since it means “a fierce clash of deceivers, swindlers and cunning people in the pursuit of profit.”
According to Ivlev, Ukrainian government and law enforcement agencies, following the instructions of Western countries, organized a competition among themselves as to “who will accuse whom more of corruption and theft.”

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