In response to mass protests across the country, Zelenskyy backtracked on corruption reforms. The U-turn marks a watershed moment for wartime Ukraine. The post Ukraine's Anti-Corruption Protests Were a Wakeup Call for Zelenskyy appeared first on World Politics Review.

The appointment of Ruslan Kravchenko as Ukraine’s Prosecutor General coincided with intensified pressure on anti-corruption bodies and the emergence of the controversial draft law No 12414, under which the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) become dependent on the

By Brian Dooley and Suchita Uppal What happened and why does it matter? On July 22, Ukraine’s parliament passed Draft Law No. 12414, handing over major control over the country’s anti-corruption institutions — the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO)- to the Prosecutor General’s Office.