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How Effective Were Ukraine's Anti-Corruption Agencies Targeted by Zelensky, and Who Were They Investigating?
- On July 22, Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada passed Bill 12414, placing NABU and SAPO under the Prosecutor General's control, sparking protests and international concern.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky cited concerns over Russian influence, sparking protests in Kyiv and prompting EU officials to threaten aid reviews.
- Hundreds of protesters in Kyiv on July 22, denounced the bill as a `blatant abuse of power`, one protester said, according to Ukraine’s OZON monitoring group.
- G7 ambassadors in Kyiv expressed `deep concern`, while the US State Department warned that `institutional independence is non-negotiable`.
- The Verkhovna Rada's July 31 vote will test Zelensky's reformist credentials and the country's anti-corruption trajectory.
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The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, had a telephone discussion with Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski on Sunday, after which she stated that Ukraine "has achieved a lot on its European road". She added that the country "needs to build these strong principles and maintain the independence of anti-corruption organisms, which are fundamental to the rule of law," reports the EEF agency, quoted by Agerpres.
The Ukrainian president had provoked an outcry after having promulgated a law abolishing the independence of the anti-corruption agencies Emmanuel Macron and the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky "
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, commissioned Ukraine's leader, Volodimir Zelenski, to maintain the independence of anti-corruption organisms, following the opposition from Kiev's initiative to limit their powers, reports AFP.
On 25 July, the European Union announced that it would retain Euro1.5 billion of Ukraine ' s assistance from a general fund of Euro4.5 billion, as a result of Vladimir Zelen ' s law, which subordinated the Attorney General ' s office to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor ' s Office (SAP), writing The New York Times.
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