In its 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index

released today, Transparancy International slammed Ukraine, calling the country

the most corrupt nation in Europe and the fifth most corrupt in the

Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

Ukraine

tied for 144th place in the ranking with Cameroon, the Central African

Republic, Iran, Nigeria, and Papua New Guinea.

That ranking placed it ahead of several Central Asian post-Soviet

states, including Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.