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Corruption is a significant issue in Ukrainian society [1] [2] going back to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. [3] After declaring independence from the Soviet Union, Ukraine faced a series of politicians from different sides of the political spectrum, as well as criminal bosses and oligarchs, who used the corruption of police, political parties, and industry to gain power. [4]
International Sponsors of War (Ukrainian: Міжнародні спонсори війни, romanized: Mižnarodni sponsory vijny) was a publicly-available list of companies and individuals maintained by the Ukrainian National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) in connection with the Russo-Ukrainian War, particularly the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The 27 October ruling of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine ruled invalidated much of Ukraine's 2014 anti-corruption reform as unconstitutional. [1] Following the decision, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that if parliament did not restore these anti-corruption laws, foreign aid, loans and a visa-free travel to the European Union were at risk.
Ukraine ticked up in Transparency International's latest Corruption Perceptions Index, ranking 104th out of 180 countries. Public tolerance for graft has also plummeted as Russia's invasion saps ...
Last year, it conducted a nationwide poll in Ukraine in which 94% of the respondents said they consider corruption to be common to some degree or another. “Gifts” to vendors, payoffs to local ...
Political scandals in Ukraine are as common as anywhere in the world, while the country's top legislation body became notorious around the world for its brawls resolving any session hall stalemate with a power of fist. Probably one of the most notorious became the fight that occurred on April 27, 2010 which involved egg missiles and smoke bombs.
Corruption within the military has been a particularly sensitive issue in Ukraine as it tries to maintain wartime public morale and present its case to join the 27-nation EU.
Bureau Headquarters in Kyiv Regional departments. National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Національне Антикорупційне Бюро України, НАБУ) or NABU is a Ukrainian law enforcement anti-corruption agency which investigates corruption in Ukraine and prepares cases for prosecution. [6]