Josh Cohen: Parliament votes to weaken Ukraine’s key anti-corruption law
Activists protest near Verkhovna Rada for public income declaration on July 13.
Since the overthrow of former President Viktor Yanukovych, the attitude of Ukraine’s post-Maidan government toward reform could best be described as ambivalent. Last week was a case in point. While Kyiv and its Western partners remained riveted by the fate of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, parliament greatly weakened a key anti-corruption law originally enacted almost one-and-a-half years ago.
