Gas was number 1 but lots of defrauding of people in western Europe. Huge organised extortion scams. Be curious to know if one can actually research that these days or memory holes on the internet
I don't live that far and remember those things personally.
Of course I can't know everything, but everything you've mentioned is by no means ukraine's invention. Not to mention that in 90s and 10s ukraine was basically run by russian organized crime.
I don't think they were that different from russia, but they wanted to distance themselves from soviets' legacy and that's what triggers putin and similar gerontocrats (like trump).
people here telling stories about rotten west praising "good and pure" russia somehow still thing that if something is bad the other side must be good. no it's not.
Of course I can't know everything, but everything you've mentioned is by no means ukraine's invention. Not to mention that in 90s and 10s ukraine was basically run by russian organized crime.
I don't think they were that different from russia, but they wanted to distance themselves from soviets' legacy and that's what triggers putin and similar gerontocrats (like trump).
people here telling stories about rotten west praising "good and pure" russia somehow still thing that if something is bad the other side must be good. no it's not.