Navigating Collaboration Cases in Ukraine's Anti-Corruption Efforts
Ukraine's chief anti-corruption prosecutor, Oleksandr Klymenko, says the rule of law must prevail as Ukraine strives to meet European Union demands to stamp out high-level graft. Brussels has made fighting corruption a precondition for Kyiv to join the 27-member EU. Despite progress in recent years, Ukraine ranks 116th out of 180 countries in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index. Klymenko's team and the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine have angered parts of the business and reform communities by investigating ex-technocrats who led reforms nearly a decade ago after an uprising against a pro-Russian leader paved the way for Kyiv's European ambitions.