{"id":1337752,"date":"2025-12-28T11:38:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T09:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/zelenskys-blackmail-with-corruption-a-new-temnik-was-brought-to-bankova-street\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T06:45:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T04:45:37","slug":"zelenskys-blackmail-with-corruption-a-new-temnik-was-brought-to-bankova-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/zelenskys-blackmail-with-corruption-a-new-temnik-was-brought-to-bankova-street\/","title":{"rendered":"A Fresh \u201cTemnik\u201d on Bankova: Zelenskyy\u2019s Subtle Nudge for Compliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Source: Author&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rostyslav.pavlenko\/posts\/pfbid02G1f4eQBXvCri2qpoccR7qaFBRDCxgm5iC4WdvJembibkTJ1vx8Up2oAkeKxMw8FNl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> page<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Temnychok Has Arrived: The Fight Against Corruption Is Actually Blackmail by Zelenskyy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"168\" data-end=\"379\"><strong data-start=\"168\" data-end=\"379\">Did it ever occur to you to ask your favourite hero how it happened that the entire quartermaster corps, along with the majority of \u201cservants\u201d and appointees, were blatant embezzlers, swindlers, and traitors?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"381\" data-end=\"627\">From the perspective of public administration, cleansing this group is necessary for the country\u2019s survival and for making sound decisions\u2014strengthening defence, protecting communities, and conducting negotiations without capitulation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"629\" data-end=\"808\">Yet they cling to power with teeth and claws. They refuse to let go until the last one is gone. They play on emotions, hoping to exploit them to maintain whatever support remains.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"810\" data-end=\"1036\">To do this, they hire unscrupulous, Russian-speaking operatives who, in the Kremlin-style of Portnov, continue to sow hatred between Ukrainians, between Ukraine and its partners, and between the front lines and the home front.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"shortcode-wide-image\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/605120478_25859967856931498_9198690818271932111_n.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/the-illusion-of-invincibility-what-the-system-of-office-power-is-based-on\/\">Behind the Illusion of Invincibility: The Fragile Architecture of Office Power<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p data-start=\"149\" data-end=\"206\"><strong data-start=\"149\" data-end=\"204\">Everything to Protect the Owners and Their Handouts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"208\" data-end=\"517\">Exposing corruption strengthens Ukraine, rather than weakening it, because it creates an opportunity to improve governance and demonstrate a healthy response to challenges. It also serves as a vaccine against capitulation\u2014after all, it would be terrifying to return home if you \u201cslipped in and surrendered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"519\" data-end=\"698\">So stop resisting the inevitable. Remove the corrupt. Purge the scoundrels exposed in Telegram leaks. Dismiss the advisors who whisper, <em data-start=\"655\" data-end=\"696\">\u201cNever mind, we\u2019re just joking around.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"700\" data-end=\"747\">You won\u2019t have to wander in circles for long.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"749\" data-end=\"842\">The trap can be avoided\u2014but only if you heed the voice of reason instead of hiding from it.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Socis survey, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/lyshe-19-ukraintsiv-viriat-shcho-zelenskyy-ne-prychetnyy-do-skhemy-mindicha\/\">only <strong data-start=\"130\" data-end=\"151\">19% of Ukrainians<\/strong> believ<\/a>e that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was unaware of corruption in his circle and had no involvement in the \u201cMindich scheme.\u201d <strong data-start=\"283\" data-end=\"290\">39%<\/strong> think the president is part of the corruption scheme exposed by NABU, while <strong data-start=\"367\" data-end=\"374\">29%<\/strong> believe he was aware of the corruption but did not participate directly. Another <strong data-start=\"456\" data-end=\"463\">19%<\/strong> believe the president had nothing to do with the deals <strong data-start=\"129\" data-end=\"162\">and had no knowledge of them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Meanwhile, Petro Poroshenko, in a final interview on the Pryamyi TV channel, said that the key factor for Ukraine&#8217;s stability is <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/propetliaty-ne-vyyde-poroshenko-poiasnyv-shcho-ie-kliuchovoiu-skladovoiu-stiykosti-ukrainy\/\">restoring the trust of citizens<\/a> and Western partners in the government. He stated that the corruption scandal involving government officials and people close to Bankova has caused enormous damage to Ukraine.<\/em><\/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 Temnychok Has Arrived: The Fight Against Corruption Is Actually Blackmail by Zelenskyy Did it ever occur to you to ask your favourite hero how it happened that the entire quartermaster corps, along with the majority of \u201cservants\u201d and appointees, were blatant embezzlers, swindlers, and traitors? From the perspective of public administration, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":1320866,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76893],"class_list":["post-1337752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1337752","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=1337752"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1337752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1337928,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1337752\/revisions\/1337928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1320866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1337752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1337752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}