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Ukraine makes gains in its other war - fighting corruption
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq55rpqlp31oUkraine makes gains in its other war - fighting corruption
24 minutes ago
Vitaly Shevchenko, BBC Monitoring Russia Editor
Former President of the Supreme Court of Ukraine Vsevolod Kniaziev, who is suspected of receiving a USD 2.7 million bribe, is pictured after the High Council of Justice granted permission for his custodial detention, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.
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Ukraine has battled endemic corruption since the first days of its independence in 1991, and government officials and independent campaigners alike say that fight is key to winning the existential war it is fighting with Russia.
They have had some success. Anti-corruption organisation Transparency International ranks Ukraine at its highest level since 2006: currently 104th out of 180 countries in its Corruption Perceptions Index.
"Most Ukrainian anti-corruption institutions are showing pretty good results," Andriy Borovyk, the executive director of Transparency International Ukraine, tells the BBC.
According to him, one such result is the arrest of the then-Supreme Court head, Vsevolod Knyazev, on bribery charges in May 2023.
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24 minutes ago
Vitaly Shevchenko, BBC Monitoring Russia Editor
Former President of the Supreme Court of Ukraine Vsevolod Kniaziev, who is suspected of receiving a USD 2.7 million bribe, is pictured after the High Council of Justice granted permission for his custodial detention, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.
Getty Images
Ukraine has battled endemic corruption since the first days of its independence in 1991, and government officials and independent campaigners alike say that fight is key to winning the existential war it is fighting with Russia.
They have had some success. Anti-corruption organisation Transparency International ranks Ukraine at its highest level since 2006: currently 104th out of 180 countries in its Corruption Perceptions Index.
"Most Ukrainian anti-corruption institutions are showing pretty good results," Andriy Borovyk, the executive director of Transparency International Ukraine, tells the BBC.
According to him, one such result is the arrest of the then-Supreme Court head, Vsevolod Knyazev, on bribery charges in May 2023.
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