Thousands are marching across Ukraine for the first time since Russia’s invasion to protest President Volodymyr Zelensky after he signed a bill to curb the country’s top anti-corruption agencies.
The controversial move allows a politically appointed prosecutor general to have more power over Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO), threatening the independence of the two agencies tasked with weeding out decades of corruption in Kyiv.
Critics have now taken to the streets to protest the bill, which may even threaten the people’s dream of joining the European Union.
Ukrainians came out en masse in Kyiv to protest the bill restricting anti-corruption institutions’ independence. Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky defended the law as a
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