'Money for nothing' conceals question -- Ukraine's chief getting something in return?
I believe the answer is:
quid pro quo
'something in return?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'money for nothing conceals question' is the wordplay.
'money' becomes 'quid' (**).
'for' becomes 'pro' (I've seen this before).
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'conceals' is an insertion indicator.
'question' becomes 'qu'.
'pro'+'o'='proo'
'proo' enclosing 'qu' is 'proquo'.
'quid'+'proquo'='QUID PRO QUO'
'ukraine's chief getting' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for quid pro quo that I've seen before include "Reciprocal exchange (Latin)" , "Tit for tat" , "Reciprocal exchanges" , "reward?" , "Something given in exchange" .)