On November 30, Ukraine took two steps forward in its fight against corruption. Member of parliament Mykola Martynenko resigned his position, and Nazar Kholodnytsky was appointed the nation’s top anticorruption prosecutor.Martynenko was the deputy head of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s People’s Front party and the head of parliament’s energy and fuel committee. According to Sergii Leshchenko, an investigative journalist and member of parliament, Martynenko was “one of the most influential people in Ukrainian politics,” who “used his position in parliament for his personal enrichment.” …read more
Source: Atlantic Council
