Adrian Karatnycky: A dilemma in the crackdown on corruption in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (R) speaking with Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk during an extended cabinet meeting in Kyiv on Feb. 11.
With Russia’s aggression in the Donbas region of Ukraine having morphed into a frozen conflict, Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko now confronts a new challenge. He must address rising calls from the public to root out corruption while ensuring that such a campaign doesn’t lead to instability or bring down his government of technocrats and reformers.