One More Big Mistake

Crash Test Dummy President

There is nothing sensational in the dramatic appearance of Mykola Chaus in a village near Moldova border on July 30, 2021. He isn’t the first Ukrainian bribe-taking judge to vanish under mysterious circumstances only to pop up later.

No one knows who made the decision to revive a years-old, almost forgotten scandal by authorizing the abduction of Chaus in neighboring Moldova.

We all remember the disappearing act of Ihor Zvarych (former Head of the Lviv District Administrative Court of Appeal) and the bizarre catch-me-if-you-can adventures involving dozens of other corrupt judges, including Pavlo Vovk (Head of the District Administrative Court of Kyiv).

Almost every other Ukrainian judge, every third member of parliament and probably half of all government employees, including those who work for the Cabinet of Ministers and Presidential Administration, are bribe-takers.

Who decided when Chaus should re-emerge, when and under what circumstances? These are the questions people should…