# Joke About a Kyiv Corruption Investigation and Money in a Nightstand

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2120880729466835286
- Source account: [@NatalkaKyiv](https://x.com/NatalkaKyiv)
- Source language: Russian
- Target language: English
- Duration: 1:40
- Published: 2026-11-12
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## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/YC5d3oHoieZF/en/joke-about-a-kyiv-corruption-investigation-and-money-in-a-nightstand) You know, there's a very old joke about that.

[0:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/YC5d3oHoieZF/en/joke-about-a-kyiv-corruption-investigation-and-money-in-a-nightstand?t=3) And we've got an ancient joke in this respect.

[0:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/YC5d3oHoieZF/en/joke-about-a-kyiv-corruption-investigation-and-money-in-a-nightstand?t=6) It has no spatial connection, so, no spatial attachment whatsoever.

[0:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/YC5d3oHoieZF/en/joke-about-a-kyiv-corruption-investigation-and-money-in-a-nightstand?t=13) Well, it is not related to any territory.

[0:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/YC5d3oHoieZF/en/joke-about-a-kyiv-corruption-investigation-and-money-in-a-nightstand?t=17) But given the circumstances today, I'll put it this way: let's say some crook who built some cottages outside Kyiv, is invited by the investigative authorities, to NABU itself.

[0:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/YC5d3oHoieZF/en/joke-about-a-kyiv-corruption-investigation-and-money-in-a-nightstand?t=31) Like, for example, just imagine, uh, there's a, a, a con artist, a swindler who illegitimately built some, some houses, cottages in the Kyiv region, and all of a sudden he's summoned to, well, to the investigative bodies, like the Ukrainian, uh, Security Agency.

[0:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/YC5d3oHoieZF/en/joke-about-a-kyiv-corruption-investigation-and-money-in-a-nightstand?t=54) They ask him, "Where did you get the money?"

[0:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/YC5d3oHoieZF/en/joke-about-a-kyiv-corruption-investigation-and-money-in-a-nightstand?t=57) And he's inquired, "Where have you obtained the money for that?"

[1:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/YC5d3oHoieZF/en/joke-about-a-kyiv-corruption-investigation-and-money-in-a-nightstand?t=62) He answers, "In the nightstand." Well, and he respa—he responds, “Well, in, in, uh, in my bedroom, in a case.”

[1:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/YC5d3oHoieZF/en/joke-about-a-kyiv-corruption-investigation-and-money-in-a-nightstand?t=70) Yes, okay. And who put the money in the nightstand?

[1:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/YC5d3oHoieZF/en/joke-about-a-kyiv-corruption-investigation-and-money-in-a-nightstand?t=72) And who put, uh, and who put the money in, in that, in that case?

[1:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/YC5d3oHoieZF/en/joke-about-a-kyiv-corruption-investigation-and-money-in-a-nightstand?t=78) My wife. “My, my wife.” And where did your wife get it?

[1:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/YC5d3oHoieZF/en/joke-about-a-kyiv-corruption-investigation-and-money-in-a-nightstand?t=82) And where does she have the money from? I gave it to her.

[1:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/YC5d3oHoieZF/en/joke-about-a-kyiv-corruption-investigation-and-money-in-a-nightstand?t=86) “I gave it to her.” And where did you get it?

[1:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/YC5d3oHoieZF/en/joke-about-a-kyiv-corruption-investigation-and-money-in-a-nightstand?t=89) And where have you got it from? From the nightstand.

[1:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/YC5d3oHoieZF/en/joke-about-a-kyiv-corruption-investigation-and-money-in-a-nightstand?t=93) Out of that, uh, out of that case or closet in the bedroom.

[1:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/YC5d3oHoieZF/en/joke-about-a-kyiv-corruption-investigation-and-money-in-a-nightstand?t=98) The circle is complete.