Corruption pervades everything, Ukrainian Employers' Association says

The issue of systemic corruption in Ukraine was highlighted even by the European Commission in 2021.

Kijev, 2023. április 20. Jens Stoltenberg, a NATO fõtitkára (b) és Volodimir Zelenszkij ukrán elnök kijevi sajtóértekezletén 2023. április 20-án, az Ukrajna elleni orosz háború alatt. MTI/AP/Efrem Lukackij Fotó: Efrem Lukackij

Since then, more details have emerged regarding Mr Naumov's trip and his arrest in June last year. His lawyer alleged that the suspect was only passing through Serbia and was on his way to Turkey to visit his family, who had already moved there.

In 2021, even the European Commission reported systemic corruption in Ukraine, V4NA writes. The Commission has introduced a number of initiatives to reduce the potential for graft and proposed a number of measures, but no progress had been made. 

The news agency points out that the European Commission's position appears to have changed. It is "much more cautious in its messages" regarding corruption in Ukraine, because Brussels is "desperate to integrate Ukraine into the European Union." 

Cover photo: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a press briefing in Kyiv, on 20 April, 2023 Source: MTI/AP/Efrem Lukackij)