The discoveries follow the re-opening of the public register of electronic declarations by the National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NACP) on Dec. 10. Ukraine's electronic asset declaration system, a key anti-corruption tool, was created after the pro-Western 2014 EuroMaidan Revolution. After Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, the Ukrainian authorities passed a law to allow officials not to file electronic asset declarations and shut down public access to all previous declarations.
At his marathon four hour-long year-end press conference – the first since 2021, President Putin compared the Ukrainian NATO proxy war against Russia to a “civil war,” and offered a truncated history lesson on the roots of the present crisis. Former Australian diplomat Tony Kevin told Sputnik what struck him most about Putin’s responses.
There’s nothing sweeter than home, unless you’re a Kyivan — because then you have Kyiv Cake. While many foreigners associate the city with the butter-filled chicken cutlet known as Chicken Kyiv, which is likely of French origin, the layers of nutty meringue and buttercream coated with crushed hazelnuts that make up Kyiv Cake originated in the nation’s capital. The lore surrounding the invention of Kyiv Cake in 1956 is almost as legendary as the factory where it’s made.
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This is part 2 of "Why There Is Still No Peace on Earth: Washington’s Folly From The Persian Gulf to Ukraine." Read part 1. THE FIRST GULF WAR – A - David Stockman for Antiwar.com