'Western money-laundering and offshore operations supported Yanukovych and continue to support Putin..'<blockquote>'Anyone who wishes to see Ukraine join Europe rather than slide back into Moscow’s embrace must be prepared to help Ukraine break its post-Soviet habits. The most effective form of help would be to block the institutional pipelines that sucked money out of Ukraine and pumped it westward. This would deprive corrupt Ukrainian officials of the ability to hide their ill-gotten gains, as well as strengthen the Ukrainian state and empower its citizens.
Western money-laundering and offshore operations supported Yanukovych and continue to support Putin, and thus maintain regimes inimical to the values that Western governments profess to hold. If cynicism spreads among Ukrainians and they conclude that the West and Russia are as bad as each other — and that, in essence, Westerners say pretty things but in reality care only for money — then the revolution will fail.'
- Oliver Bullough,
Want to Help Ukraine? Stop Accepting Its Stolen Cash, September 9, 2014</blockquote>
Context<blockquote>
Global Magnitsky Act - '..it is essential that by April 2015 Ukraine should be engaged in a radical reform program that has a realistic chance of succeeding..' - Soros</blockquote>