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Oleksandr Kalitenko

Oleksandr Kalitenko is a legal advisor for Transparency International Ukraine.

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Opinion: Are Ukraine's anti-corruption efforts at a standstill?

by Oleksandr Kalitenko
“Ukraine is the second-most corrupt country in Europe." "The situation with bribery has been at a standstill.” “Corruption reform doesn’t work in Ukraine.” These statements have been repeated at various international forums, by foreign officials, and by the media. But how much truth is there to these statements? In short, they’re an inaccurate representation of the situation on the ground. Transparency International Ukraine (TI Ukraine) published its second study on the capacity, management