Driving in Kiev has the "advantage" of disturbingly corrupt police giving you a free pass to drive like a maniac for about twenty US dollars.
Knew a guy who was traveling in Kiev (Russian-born buddy, lives in US) get stopped for speeding or something. He's also been drinking.
He palmed a $20 to the cops and not only did they let him go, but they actually got on the radio and let the other cops in the area know that license plate number whatever was "good to go". He proceeded to just drive around like an absolute maniac for the rest of the night and was left alone.
Not telling this story to say I approve of this, just putting that out there.