Author: Katya Gorchinskaya

It’s Corruption of the Most Obvious Kind, and Ukrainians Have a Word for It When Donald Trump asked his Ukrainian counterpart to announce investigation of a U.S. political rival, it wasn’t just dirt he was trying to import, but a whole phenomenon. It’s name in Ukraine can be roughly translated as “problem-solving.” A whole class of people provide that service. The local name for them is “reshala.” For example, if your business is being attacked by the government’s security service for no apparent reason, someone will offer you a solution, for a certain fee, of course. In America, that’s…

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