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Zelenskyy’s corruption crackdown plan raises cover-up fears

www.politico.eu Zelenskyy’s corruption crackdown plan raises cover-up fears

Ukrainian watchdogs fume that president’s proposal to put wartime corruption on par with treason will give more power to state security service.

Zelenskyy’s corruption crackdown plan raises cover-up fears

By equating corruption to treason, Zelenskyy’s office is manipulating the public’s desire for justice, said Vitaly Shabunin, head of the Anti-Corruption Action Center (Antac), a Ukrainian nongovernmental organization that monitors graft. In reality, Shabunin added, Zelenskyy’s office is pursuing other goals: to protect high-level officials from corruption charges and obtain tools to destroy opponents.

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