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Two Years After Uprising, Ukraine Still Battling Corruption


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

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