Ukraine’s vicious circle of corruption begins with the power groups that have created and sustained a system in which citizens believe that it is impossible to live without corruption. The process of cleaning up institutions must start at the top.
Acknowledgments
The authors are grateful to the Ukrainian and foreign officials, businesspeople, lawyers, journalists, activists and other experts who gave generously of their time in the preparation of this report, as well as the reviewers of the text who contributed greatly to its improvement. Special thanks are due to Orysia Lutsevych and Ľubica Polláková of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House for their oversight of the project, and to Julia Friedrich for her research assistance. This report was made possible by a grant from the European Union Anti-Corruption Initiative (EUACI). EUACI is financed by the European Union and co-financed and implemented by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA).