{"id":1325711,"date":"2025-11-26T16:53:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/you-cant-hide-a-needle-in-a-sack-what-sociology-says-about-minditchgate\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T08:20:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T06:20:21","slug":"you-cant-hide-a-needle-in-a-sack-what-sociology-says-about-minditchgate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/you-cant-hide-a-needle-in-a-sack-what-sociology-says-about-minditchgate\/","title":{"rendered":"Needles in Sacks and Minds in Chaos: What \u2018Minditchgate\u2019 Reveals About Society\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Source: Author&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rostyslav.pavlenko\/posts\/pfbid0VBM3o15SBNZs6bcCE8HqCioKyUo8hiWEFHozL1os7dzw73hmJab37kmR1ym3V5Avl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> page<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>No matter how much theatre is staged around \u201crallying behind Zelenskyy and his team,\u201d the public will gradually uncover the truth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"74\" data-end=\"123\">According to a survey by the Sociopolis Center:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"125\" data-end=\"591\">\n<li data-start=\"125\" data-end=\"224\">\n<p data-start=\"127\" data-end=\"224\"><strong data-start=\"127\" data-end=\"134\">90%<\/strong> are aware of the NABU\/SAP investigation into Mindich, his accomplices, and his patrons.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"225\" data-end=\"415\">\n<p data-start=\"227\" data-end=\"415\"><strong data-start=\"227\" data-end=\"236\">76.6%<\/strong> consider the findings justified \u2014 roughly corresponding to over 70% of respondents who believe that the scale of government corruption increased during the full-scale invasion.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"416\" data-end=\"591\">\n<p data-start=\"418\" data-end=\"591\"><strong data-start=\"418\" data-end=\"427\">38.2%<\/strong> hold Zelenskyy (<strong data-start=\"444\" data-end=\"453\">19.2%<\/strong>) and his office (<strong data-start=\"471\" data-end=\"480\">18.8%<\/strong>) responsible. Even the deputies, whom opposition Telegram channels like to blame, are held less accountable.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"593\" data-end=\"743\">This data should serve as a wake-up call for the Office of the President. Attempts to <em data-start=\"679\" data-end=\"714\">\u201csweep the scandal under the rug\u201d<\/em> have failed spectacularly.<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/the-vast-majority-of-ukrainians-know-about-mindichgate-and-large-scale-corruption-in-ukraine-poll\/\">The vast majority of Ukrainians know about Mindichgate and large-scale corruption in Ukraine \u2013 poll<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p data-start=\"133\" data-end=\"410\">There is no need to puff up your cheeks and assume the position of <em data-start=\"200\" data-end=\"270\">\u201cthose who do not rally behind Zelenskyy are rallying behind Putin.\u201d<\/em> This is deception and manipulation, typical of populists. It is known as presenting a <em data-start=\"357\" data-end=\"372\">false choice.<\/em> I have written extensively on this.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"412\" data-end=\"513\">In reality, the choice is to unite around Ukraine \u2014 to improve the quality of governance radically:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"514\" data-end=\"969\">\n<li data-start=\"514\" data-end=\"606\">\n<p data-start=\"516\" data-end=\"606\">The government, Yermak\/OP, and other figures involved in the NABU\/SAP cases must resign.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"607\" data-end=\"776\">\n<p data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"776\">The formal \u201cmonomajority\u201d in the Verkhovna Rada should be dissolved, and a coalition of national unity formed, similar to the European alliance established in 2014.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"777\" data-end=\"969\">\n<p data-start=\"779\" data-end=\"969\">A Government of National Salvation should be established, based on this coalition and independent of directives from the Office of the President, regardless of who may influence Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"971\" data-end=\"1089\">Every lost day prolongs the rule of ineffective, corrupt \u201cmanagers\u201d and \u201crobbers,\u201d exacting a heavy toll on Ukraine.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"shortcode-wide-image\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/589433513_25606629215598698_2374308270336659289_n.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"shortcode-wide-image\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/586861919_25606649462263340_4101256836877790557_n.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"shortcode-wide-image\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/590077158_25606649472263339_1404355269997219946_n.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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 No matter how much theatre is staged around \u201crallying behind Zelenskyy and his team,\u201d the public will gradually uncover the truth. According to a survey by the Sociopolis Center: 90% are aware of the NABU\/SAP investigation into Mindich, his accomplices, and his patrons. 76.6% consider the findings justified \u2014 roughly corresponding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":1319816,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76872,76893,76871],"class_list":["post-1325711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-feed","category-thoughts","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325711","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=1325711"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1325867,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325711\/revisions\/1325867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1319816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1325711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1325711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}