Zelensky's fight against government corruption

Amanpour

CNN

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Ukraine’s President Zelensky may be the world’s most famous wartime leader, but his ability to mobilize his country in the fight of its life wasn’t what got him elected; his pledge to fight corruption did. Now, Zelensky is purging his own government in a growing scandal linked to the unlawful procurement of wartime supplies. Historical corruption, of course, is a primary reason Ukraine had not been admitted to the European Union, and the major government shakeup is happening just as Ukraine looks likely to receive long-awaited German-made tanks from Poland. To discuss all this, Christiane speaks with former US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor. Also on today's show: Stephen Rubin, author, Words and Music; Richard Haass, author, The Bill of Obligations. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:45.9	to score some German-made tanks from Poland.
0:49.0	I discuss all the latest with the former US Ambassador to Ukraine, Bill Taylor, and a chilling report from
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1:11.4	losing any sense of balance, of obligations to help one another and to make this country successful.
1:17.0	Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haas talks to Walter Isaacson about re-envisioning American citizenship in order to save democracy. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in London.
1:45.0	Ukraine's president, Valodomir Zelenski, may be the world's most famous wartime leader,
1:51.0	but his ability to mobilize his country
1:54.7	in the fight of its life was not what got him elected.
1:58.2	His pledge to fight corruption did.
2:00.6	Well, Zelensky is walking that walk now, today purging his own government in a growing scandal
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