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"Shame!" shouted many Ukrainian lawmakers as a majority formed from Zelensky's ruling party, pro-Russian oppo bloc & Yulia Tymoshenko's Batkivshchyna voted to, in effect, dismantle Ukraine's independent anticorruption institutions. My story on a grim day: www.ft.com/content/21cf...

ft.comUkraine moves against independent anti-corruption institutionsParliament backs legislation to tighten executive control after series of moves targeting anti-corruption campaigners

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As a Ukrainian, I tell you the main driver to have a proper law order and an effective anti-corruption, was not the EU. Ukrainians are really fed up with the neverending stories of high ranking and not only officials and politicians embezzling the taxpayers money and not getting punished for this.