Alya Shandra: Behind the scenes of civic society’s battle with corruption in Ukraine
Activists wave a Ukrainian flag on Independence Square in Kiev on Feb. 21, 2016.
Denouncing corruption in Ukraine is a lucrative trade. Fighting corruption is not. The ubiquitous recommendation given to Ukrainian civic society to “kick out all the corrupt officials” is difficult to implement in practice. The story of one anti-corruption institution, the National Agency for Prevention of Corruption (NAPC), shows what stands behind the words “Ukraine is making slow progress in tackling corruption,” and what it takes for civic society to not give up.
