{"id":13688,"date":"2025-11-19T08:58:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T07:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=13688"},"modified":"2025-11-19T08:58:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T07:58:17","slug":"korruptionsskandal-ukraine-deutschland-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/latest\/korruptionsskandal-ukraine-deutschland-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Rocked By Corruption Scandal, Germany Sends Billions More to Zelensky w\/ John Helmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>In this interview, investigative journalist and human rights lawyer Dimitri Lascaris speaks with foreign correspondent and journalist John Helmer about a new Ukrainian anti-corruption investigation involving figures linked to President Volodymyr Zelensky. Helmer outlines available allegations, describes how Western and Ukrainian media have covered the case, and discusses its possible political implications amid ongoing military setbacks for Ukraine. The conversation also touches on German and Estonian defense spending and recent controversies involving Canadian media and politicians related to coverage of the Ukraine war.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>This video was produced by Reason2Resist and published on their YouTube channel on the 16th of November, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>To read the transcript of the interview: <strong><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ukraine-Rocked-By-Corruption-Scandal-Germany-Sends-Billions-More-to-Zelensky-w_-John-Helmer.docx.pdf\">Ukraine Rocked By Corruption Scandal, Germany Sends Billions More to Zelensky w\/ John Helmer<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">We are transitioning away from YouTube. 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