tahuyaman
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Ukraine desperately wants to join NATO. Russia strongly opposes that.Well, there goes the "they wanted to join NATO, therefore Russia had to invade them" bullshit.
But you've got it wrong, the most corrupt country in Europe is actually Russia.
Ukraine and Russia had about same corruption index untill about 8 years ago. Since then Ukraine has shown improvement while Russia has shown none. Ukraine has the political means and the will to keep working on it's internal problems. Russia has niether.
Corruption Index - Countries - List | Europe
The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) is published annually by Transparency International, a non-governmental organisation. The Corruption Perceptions Index ranks countries by their perceived levels of public sector corruption on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (not corrupt).tradingeconomics.com
Ukraine has shown minimal improvement in the level of corruption there.
Russia doesn’t want Ukraine in NATO because they want an unimpeded pathway in Ukraine to the Black Sea. That area is a very strategically important location.