yes .....all soviet countries were infected by that corruptioon...

yes .....all soviet countries were infected by that corruptioon disease ....Serbia for exmple is as bad as Ukraine ....though not as bad as russia

these , to use the term loosely , "people" choose a political postion and seek to manufacture a reason for believing it and veracity is not a big factor in that .
Many go for the quadrella of stupidity and immorality ......trumpism , climate change denial , vaccination lies and putin support .

I don't know anyone with these attitudes in my life apart from HC .....one who has mild putin support because of distrust of the US but otherwise sane .
Yet they are in plague proportions here .