Two years after the Ukraine’s Euromaidan, the mass uprising that toppled the Russia-backed regime in 2013 and brought a pro-Western government to power, the country is still battling the corruption that the Euromaidan sought to purge.
Last week, Ukraine’s government barely survived a no-confidence vote in parliament, triggered by the resignation of a reformist economic minister over corruption and slow reform. This week, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier called on Kyiv to push forward with reforms “based on a principle of zero tolerance for corruption.”
The corruption in Ukraine even threatened the International Monetary Fund’s support for the country. “Without a substantial …read more
Source: Voice of America
