{"id":1322065,"date":"2025-11-18T13:39:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T11:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/fraudulent-schemes-and-playing-patriots-how-power-structures-became-mafia-like\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T05:06:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T03:06:04","slug":"fraudulent-schemes-and-playing-patriots-how-power-structures-became-mafia-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/fraudulent-schemes-and-playing-patriots-how-power-structures-became-mafia-like\/","title":{"rendered":"From Patriotic Masks to Mafia Methods: How Power Structures Turned Fraud into a Governing Model"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Source: Author&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/volodymyr.ariev\/posts\/pfbid0fZR7yVFkCkjhCwev1aoa4G4jexBce5siBYMGXHuhaqsFNZ3GVeLpGj3qjKQrhnYEl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> page<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong data-start=\"56\" data-end=\"98\">A fraudster\u2019s first currency is trust.<\/strong> <strong>To secure it, the scammer doesn\u2019t just speak \u2014 they take control of the victim\u2019s emotions. They disarm with humor, deliver information in unexpected ways, distort facts, manipulate perception, and lean on fabricated \u201cpersonal experience.\u201d Each tactic serves a single purpose: to guide the victim to the point where they willingly hand over their money or property without noticing the trap.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"176\" data-end=\"189\"><strong data-start=\"176\" data-end=\"189\">Familiar?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"191\" data-end=\"438\">The fraudsters who came to power needed first to lure Ukrainians\u2019 votes \u2014 and later their continued support \u2014 in order to steal hundreds of millions, if not billions. The real figures will surface eventually, and we should be prepared for a shock.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"440\" data-end=\"975\">The image of Holoborodko, the fictional reinvention of \u201cwhat\u2019s the difference,\u201d the staged patriotism, pathos, and megalomania, the construction of a personality cult around Zelenskyy as the sole savior, and the demolition of any independent thinking or opposition \u2014 all of it served as a screen for theft and corruption on an extraordinary scale. The criminal schemes were engineered by figures with clear Russian ties \u2014 the very ones who arranged the notorious \u201ctwosome to Moscow.\u201d And we can only imagine how many more such journeys were quietly negotiated.<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/ali-baba-from-bankova-and-the-forty-thieves-how-the-government-turned-the-state-into-a-cave\/\">Ali Baba on Bankova: How the Government Made the State Its Personal Treasure Cave<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p data-start=\"138\" data-end=\"574\">Therefore, the current power system shows all the signs of being not merely autocratic, but mafia-like. There are hierarchies, cliques, omert\u00e0, and ritual sacrifices designed to release pressure and preserve the life of the clan. For example, the current \u201csacrifice\u201d of ministers Galushchenko and Grinchuk is meant to protect the entire mafia government. The Cabinet will not ultimately save it, but the attempt itself is characteristic.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"576\" data-end=\"998\">All the announced replacements of supervisory boards, without altering the underlying principles of governance; the triumphant reports about 100 planes from France (which still have to be paid for \u2014 will the money come from Carlson\u2019s bedside table?); and statements about the resumption of peace talks (to offer society yet another fleeting hope) \u2014 all of these are classic methods of emotional manipulation by scammers.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1000\" data-end=\"1502\">Therefore, for the country\u2019s survival, systemic change is essential. The problem lies not in individual personalities but in the immediate restoration of the constitutional form of power, rather than the presidential one. The resignation of those implicated in corruption scandals \u2014 Yermak, his deputies, and the entire government \u2014 is necessary, but not enough. Without a return to European governance principles, new swindlers will fill the same roles within the existing mafia-like system.<\/p>\n<p>Also, follow <strong>\u201cPryamyi\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 Materials published in the \u201cOPINIONS\u201d section reflect the opinion of the author of the publication, who bears full responsibility for the accuracy of the information.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 The editorial staff of prm.ua may not share the opinions expressed in the author&#8217;s material.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 The owner of the webpage in the \u201cOPINIONS\u201d section is the author of the publication.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Author&#8217;s Facebook page A fraudster\u2019s first currency is trust. To secure it, the scammer doesn\u2019t just speak \u2014 they take control of the victim\u2019s emotions. They disarm with humor, deliver information in unexpected ways, distort facts, manipulate perception, and lean on fabricated \u201cpersonal experience.\u201d Each tactic serves a single purpose: to guide the victim [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":1323312,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76893,76991],"class_list":["post-1322065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-thoughts","category-opinions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1322065"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1323315,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322065\/revisions\/1323315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1323312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1322065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1322065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}