The detention of Roman Nasirov, Head of the Fiscal Service of Ukraine, in March 2017 was promising. For the first time after the Euromaidan Revolution, a high-profile state official was detained on allegations of corruption in Ukraine. The...
A bit over a year ago in Ukraine, Yuriy Lutsenko was appointed to the position of Prosecutor General. The thing he did best during this year was to generate good PR for his activities, experts say. In the pursuit of impressive headlines...
On 24 May 2017, the day of Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko’s annual report in the Ukrainian Parliament – Ed 23 people have been arrested in a joint operation of Ukraine’s National Police and Military Prosecutor’s office....
The fight against corruption in Ukraine finally starts to reach the system’s core. On April 20, Mykola Martynenko, an MP who stands at the origins of Ukraine’s politics at the time of its independence, was arrested. He is...
SLOVIANSK Welcome to Sloviansk, Ania says, greeting us warmly before adding, You will not like it. I immediately take that as a personal challenge. But I get it. It’s gray. There are a lot of broken things. Many stray dogs. Our hotel...
For the second week in a row Ukraine, observes an anti-corruption soap opera caused by the first-ever detention of a top-official in the country. The head of the National Fiscal Service Roman Nasirov is suspected in causing damage to the...
The Head of the State Fiscal Service Roman Nasirov is suspected in causing damage to the state in amount of UAH 2 bn ($ 73.7 mn). He is a suspect in the so-called gas case of the runaway oligarch and ex-MP Oleksandr Onyschenko. Just before...
We have previously written about Ukrainian oligarchs who have a tremendous influence on the Ukrainian media landscape. However, are Western media safe from their influence? As several publications show, some world media can also easily...
The question to which extent Ukraine has progressed in fighting corruption and how much more needs to be done, is at the core of the country‘s reform politics. Ukraine has, under heavy pressure from international partners and donors and...
In 2016, Ukrainian society made some key steps in its fight against corruption. E-government, and particularly e-procurement, has advanced significantly in Ukraine since 2014. The introduction of e-declarations for public officials’...
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Is Poroshenko just like Yanukovych?
It's been three years since the election of Petro Poroshenko as President of Ukraine. Is he following in Yanukovych's footsteps? There are many reasons many arguments for and against. that statement. What do you think?
When we ask why historical responsibility, why German historical responsibility, I want to begin from the universal point of view. I’m not coming to you as an American saying “we’ve understood our past and th6.erefore...
