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August 13, 2020
UKRAINE AT THE TOP OF INTERNATIONAL TRANSPARENT PUBLIC PROCUREMENT RATING
The Transparent Public Procurement Rating is implemented by the Georgian Institute for Development of Freedom of Information with partner organizations. It assesses the public procurement…
August 6, 2020
When Will Forester’s House Be Recovered from Yanukovych to Ukraine?
On July 30, the High Anti-Corruption Court transferred the so-called Forester’s House in Sukholucchia, that allegedly belonged to Yanukovych, to Asset Recovery and Management Agency.…
July 31, 2020
WHAT’S RIGHT AND WHAT’S WRONG WITH NACP’S ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY
On June 24, the National Agency for Corruption Prevention published a draft Anti-Corruption Strategy for 2020-2024. To say that we have been waiting for this…
July 30, 2020
AUDITORS ASSIGN TOO FEW INSPECTIONS
“Auditors appoint field inspections only in 6.5% of cases when monitoring has confirmed a violation. That’s not enough,” says TI Ukraine’s Director of Innovation Projects…
July 24, 2020
No safety in this country
On Wednesday night, the house of the Anti-Corruption Action Center chair Vitalii Shabunin burned. At the time of the incident, his wife and children were…
July 21, 2020
NEW REGISTER FROM THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE: WHERE DO BENEFICIARIES FIT IN?
The Ministry of Justice is launching a new Unified State Register of Legal Entities, Sole Proprietors and Public Associations (USR). The data will be transferred…
July 8, 2020
Special Prosecutors for Extraordinary Corruption: What Happens Next
On July 8, the second stage of interviews is starting with candidates for the positions of anti-corruption prosecutors for SAPO. In fact, this will be…
July 5, 2020
Do No Harm: How *Not* to Support Domestic Manufacturers
A very interesting draft law has been registered in the Verkhovna Rada. It obliges all public agencies to buy certain mechanical engineering products for public…
July 3, 2020
EMERGENCY SPENDING: WHERE THE MONEY FROM THE COVID-19 RELIEF FUND GOES
Recently, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has claimed that the government has already allocated UAH 19 billion from the COVID-19 relief fund. That is, during the…
June 30, 2020
Constitutional Adventures
Exactly 24 years ago, the Verkhovna Rada finally adopted the Constitution of Ukraine following the so-called “constitutional night.” For our country, this document was extremely…
June 25, 2020
LEADING THE FIGHT: HOW MUCH UKRAINE’S MINISTRY OF INTERIOR SPENT ON COVID
The coronavirus disease came to Ukraine in early March: the first confirmed case was recorded on March 3 in Chernivtsi. Just a week later, the…
June 24, 2020
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IF YOU SEE CORRUPTION AND WANT TO EXPOSE IT
A whistleblower is not a profession. It’s not something you can learn in college or predict that it will happen to you. But still, celebrating…
June 15, 2020
What IMF Agreement Says About Corruption
On June 11, we finally had a chance to read the official text of the Memorandum between Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund. The document…
June 5, 2020
Seventh Year of Avakov as Internal Affairs Minister
Only 50 MPs consider the work of Ukraine’s Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov unsatisfactory. The others effectively support him, which means the responsibility for…
June 3, 2020
Procurement System Under Threat
Attempts to revive the tender committee of the Ministry of Healthcare, the methodology of “Ukravtodor” and the resurrection of the idea to support the domestic…
