Ukraine is one of the most corrupt places on earth. The people are great, but the corruption is mind boggling.
I work in aerospace, we have a Ukrainian made coater. It broke so the boss says “see if you can send the parts to the Ukraine until we get our coater fixed.
Call goes like this:
Me: “I need parts coated”
Ukrainian: “sure no problem. You mark parts scrap. send them. We coat them, send them back with scrap tags. Deal?”
Me: “No deal. These are commercial airline parts. I need coating certs. I have to put FAA tags on these parts”. (Scrapped parts can NEVER go back in an airplane)
Ukrainian: “No problem. You mark parts scrap. send them. We coat them, send them back with scrap tags. You throw scrap tags away. You don’t pay until certs show up in separate shipment. Deal?”
Ha! That makes a great story, but I bet it was not quite what you wanted to hear.